Blue-back

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.]
     (Zool.)
     The most important salmon of Alaska ({Oncorhinchus nerka}),
     ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to
     Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also {red salmon},
     {redfish}, {blueback}, and {sawqui}.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blueback \Blue"back`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) A trout ({Salmo oquassa}) inhabiting some of the lakes of
         Maine.
     (b) A salmon ({Oncorhynchus nerka}) of the Columbia River and
         northward.
     (c) An American river herring ({Clupea [ae]stivalis}),
         closely allied to the alewife.
         [1913 Webster]