salmon
/ˈsɑmən/ · noun
Meaning
- One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.
- (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
- The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
- Snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)
- To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.
- Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.
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