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JACK SALMON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jack salmon mean? 

JACK SALMON (noun)
  The noun JACK SALMON has 1 sense:

1. pike-like freshwater perchesplay

  Familiarity information: JACK SALMON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JACK SALMON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pike-like freshwater perches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dory; jack salmon; Stizostedion vitreum; walleye; walleyed pike

Hypernyms ("jack salmon" is a kind of...):

pike-perch; pike perch (any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jack salmon"):

blue pickerel; blue pike; blue pikeperch; blue walleye; Strizostedion vitreum glaucum (variety inhabiting the Great Lakes)


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