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    GENUS ONCORHYNCHUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmonplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Oncorhynchus; Oncorhynchus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Oncorhynchus" is a kind of...):

    fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Oncorhynchus"):

    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)

    chinook; chinook salmon; king salmon; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; quinnat salmon (large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning)

    chum; chum salmon; Oncorhynchus keta (a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish)

    blue jack; coho; coho salmon; cohoe; Oncorhynchus kisutch; silver salmon (small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes)

    Holonyms ("genus Oncorhynchus" is a member of...):

    family Salmonidae; Salmonidae (salmon and trout)

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