Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun oncorhynchus_nerka

1 sense of oncorhynchus nerka

Sense 1
sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka -- (small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning)
       => salmon -- (any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn)