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    SOCKEYE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and riversplay

    Synonyms:

    red salmon; sockeye; sockeye salmon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    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)

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