chum salmon

Noun

Meaning

a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

chum Oncorhynchus keta dog salmon dogfish salmon letting down keta salmon silverbrite salmon

Hypernyms

salmon

Examples

No sale of incidentally-caught king salmon in the commercial fishery for chum salmon will be permitted until run strength is indicated to be at the upper end of the forecast. Source: Internet

Like other hatcheries in Southeast, Hidden Falls has operated on money from cost-recovery fishing on its annual chum salmon runs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chum chum around chum in the water chum together chum up chum with