Pacific salmon
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Pacific salmon

noun

Definition of PACIFIC SALMON

: any of several anadromous salmonid fishes (genus Oncorhynchus) chiefly of the northern Pacific including the coho, sockeye salmon, chum salmon, chinook salmon, and pink salmon

First Known Use of PACIFIC SALMON

1888

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