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New Jersey and Long Islands riders expect to fight their way up broken escalators to begin a salmon-like upstream battle beneath fluorescent lights.
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New Jersey and Long Islands riders expect to fight their way up broken escalators to begin a salmon-like upstream battle beneath fluorescent lights.
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Toward the end of the Miocene about 5 million years ago, species in Oncorhynchus were initiating evolutionary divergence into trout-like species and salmon-like species, leading to the present species of Pacific trout and Pacific salmon.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Toward the end of the Miocene about 5 million years ago, species in Oncorhynchus were initiating evolutionary divergence into trout-like species and salmon-like species, leading to the present species of Pacific trout and Pacific salmon.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Toward the end of the Miocene about 5 million years ago, species in Oncorhynchus were initiating evolutionary divergence into trout-like species and salmon-like species, leading to the present species of Pacific trout and Pacific salmon.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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“There she breaches! there she breaches!” was the cry, as in his immeasurable bravadoes the White Whale tossed himself salmon-like to Heaven.
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Toward the end of the Miocene about 5 million years ago, species in Oncorhynchus were initiating evolutionary divergence into trout-like species and salmon-like species, leading to the present species of Pacific trout and Pacific salmon.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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"There she breaches! there she breaches!" was the cry, as in his immeasurable bravadoes the White Whale tossed himself salmon-like to
Great Sea Stories Various 1897
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Pasturage was there for the horses and mules, and almost without effort food was to be had at the expense of a few cartridges, while very little skill was needed for Griggs and the boys to draw salmon-like and trout-like fish to the banks.
The Peril Finders George Manville Fenn 1870
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"There she breaches! there she breaches!" was the cry, as in his immeasurable bravadoes the White Whale tossed himself salmon-like to
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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