Sockeye

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sockeye
       n 1: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn:
            {red salmon}, {sockeye salmon}]
       2: small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries
          of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die
          after spawning [syn: {sockeye salmon}, {red salmon}, {blueback


          salmon}, {Onchorynchus nerka}]