English noun: salmon |
1. | salmon (animal) any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn |
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| Broader (hypernym) | food fish, salmonid |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Atlantic salmon, blackfish, blue jack, blueback salmon, chinook, chinook salmon, chum, chum salmon, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, king salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon, red salmon, redfish, Salmo salar, silver salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon |
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| Part holonym | salmon |
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| Member meronym | family Salmonidae, Salmonidae |
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2. | Salmon (object) a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho |
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| Synonyms | Salmon River |
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| Instance hypernym | river |
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| Part meronym | Gem State, ID, Idaho |
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3. | salmon (food) flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Atlantic salmon, chinook, chinook salmon, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, king salmon, kippered salmon, red salmon, silver salmon, smoked salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon |
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| Part meronym | salmon |
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4. | salmon (attribute) a pale pinkish orange color |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour |
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