Nerka

2 definitions found

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

  Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
     (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also
         {nerka}. See {Blueback}
     (b) .
     (b) The rosefish.
     (c) A large California labroid food fish ({Trochocopus


         pulcher}); -- called also {fathead}.
     (d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under
         {Drumfish}.
         [1913 Webster]

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.]