SOCKEYE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sockeye mean? 

• SOCKEYE (noun)
  The noun SOCKEYE has 2 senses:

1. fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers

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

  Familiarity information: SOCKEYE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCKEYE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

red salmon; sockeye; sockeye salmon

Hypernyms ("sockeye" is a kind of...):

salmon (flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae)

Holonyms ("sockeye" is a part of...):

blueback salmon; Oncorhynchus nerka; red salmon; sockeye; sockeye salmon (small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blueback salmon; Oncorhynchus nerka; red salmon; sockeye; sockeye salmon

Hypernyms ("sockeye" is a kind of...):

salmon (any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn)

Meronyms (parts of "sockeye"):

red salmon; sockeye; sockeye salmon (fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers)

Holonyms ("sockeye" is a member of...):

genus Oncorhynchus; Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon)