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salmon

/ˈsɑmən/ · noun

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
  3. The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
  4. Snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)
  5. To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.
  6. Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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