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sockeye salmon
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌsɒk.aɪ ˈsæm.ən/ us /ˌsɑː.kaɪ ˈsæm.ən/pluralsockeye salmon(alsosockeyepluralsockeye or sockeyes)
a type of salmon(= silver-coloured fish) with red flesh that is eaten as food:
A grizzly bear prowled along the shoreline fishing for sockeye salmon.
This creek used to be full of sockeye at this time of year.
Frozen sockeyes are exported to Japan.
Sockeye salmon is valued for its high nutritional value.
The company is planning to produce more fish in hatcheries to make up for the declining population of sockeye salmon.
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