oncorhynchus : Idioms & Phrases


genus oncorhynchus

  • noun Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon
    Oncorhynchus.
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oncorhynchus keta

  • noun a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish
    chum; chum salmon.
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oncorhynchus kisutch

  • noun small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
    cohoe; coho; coho salmon; blue jack; silver salmon.
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oncorhynchus nerka

  • noun small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
    sockeye; red salmon; blueback salmon; sockeye salmon.
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oncorhynchus tshawytscha

  • noun large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
    king salmon; chinook; chinook salmon; quinnat salmon.
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