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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) of Pacific waters having silvery sides with black spots on the back and tail fin, the male of which has a conspicuous dorsal hump during the spawning season.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From the color of its flesh, and perhaps also from the pink stripe developed by the male during the spawning season .]

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