sockeye
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Halkomelem sθəqəy̓, probably meaning red fish.
Noun[edit]
sockeye (countable and uncountable, plural sockeyes or sockeye)
- A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
- The edible flesh of this fish.