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

2 senses of sockeye

Sense 1
red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon -- (fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers)
       => salmon -- (flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae)

Sense 2
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)