sockeye

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
noun small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning

Borrowed from Halkomelem sθəqəy̓, probably meaning red fish.

It ran: Humptulips, Tum Tum, Moclips, Yelm, Satsop, Bucoda, Omak, Enumclaw, Tillicum, Bossburg, Chettlo, Chattaroy, Zillah, Selah, Cowiche, Keechelus, Bluestem, Bluelight, Onion Creek, Sockeye, Antwine, Chopaka, Startup, Kapowsin, Skamokawa, Sixprong, Pysht! — Free Air, Sinclair Lewis

red salmon, sockeye salmon

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