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A salmon after spawning. [Scot.]

A small salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) of inferior value, which in the autumn runs up all the larger rivers between San Francisco and Kamchatka.

A salmon after spawning.

; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon.

pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri.

A salmon in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]

A salmon (Salmo mykiss, syn. S. purpuratus) marked with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called also black-spotted trout, cutthroat trout, and redthroat trout.

red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.

The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; --called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui.

A small landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ounaniche) of Lake St. John, Canada, and neighboring waters, noted for its vigor and activity, and habit of leaping from the water when hooked.

A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling.

A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. [Prov. Eng.]

provided with a duct, and the ventral fins, when present, are abdominal. It includes the salmons, herrings, carps, catfishes, and others.

to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.

An amorphous nitrogenous substance found in the spermatic fluid of salmon. It is soluble in water, which an alkaline reaction, and unites with acids and metallic bases.

The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance. [Written also quinnet.]

The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback. (b).

States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.

ch. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.

uts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout.