pink salmon
noun
: a small spotted Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) native to the northern Pacific Ocean and adjacent rivers
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The colors of this dish pop, too: the red of the sauce on the pink salmon, the golden yellow potatoes, the purple red onion wedges and the curled green stems of cilantro to finish.
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Mia Leimkuhler, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Travel by boat to the Anan Estuary and Wildlife Observatory in the Tongass National Forest (Anan Creek has Southeast Alaska’s largest pink salmon run) and climb to the observation deck overlooking cascading waterfalls.
—Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2024
On their second drift, DeGraff dropped an 18/0 circle hook baited with pink salmon and herring into the depths and hooked up right away.
—Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
At one time, the river Styx probably supported a small pink salmon run.
—WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
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Mia Leimkuhler, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Travel by boat to the Anan Estuary and Wildlife Observatory in the Tongass National Forest (Anan Creek has Southeast Alaska’s largest pink salmon run) and climb to the observation deck overlooking cascading waterfalls.
—Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2024
On their second drift, DeGraff dropped an 18/0 circle hook baited with pink salmon and herring into the depths and hooked up right away.
—Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
At one time, the river Styx probably supported a small pink salmon run.
—WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
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“Pink salmon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pink%20salmon. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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