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Meaning
Noun
●
In Fish & Salmonids:
One of several
species
of
fish
,
typically
of the Salmoninae
subfamily
,
brownish
above with
silvery
sides
and
delicate
pinkish-orange
flesh
; they
ascend
rivers
to spawn.
●
In Fish:
A
meal
or
dish
made from this fish.
●
A
pale
pinkish-orange
colour
, the
colour
of
cooked
salmon.
●
The
upper
bricks in
a
kiln
which
receive
the
least
heat.
●
snout (tobacco; from
salmon
and trout)
Adj
●
Having a
pale
pinkish-orange colour.
Verb
●
In Pinks:
To
ride
a
bicycle
the
wrong
way down a
one-way
street.
Name
●
A surname.
●
A placename
A
city
, the
county seat
of Lemhi County, Idaho, United States,
situated
on the Salmon River, after which it was
probably
named.
●
A placename
Ellipsis of Salmon River.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
salmon
English
samon
Middle English (1100-1500)
saumon
Anglo-Norman
saumon
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
salmo
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Salmon
Gammon
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