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sockeye

(ˈsɒkˌaɪ)

(Animals) a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, having red flesh and valued as a food fish. Also called: red salmon

[by folk etymology from Salish sukkegh]

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Noun	1.	sockeye - fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers red salmon, sockeye salmon blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon - small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning salmon - flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
	2.	sockeye - small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye salmon salmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus - Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon - fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers

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