salmon

salm-on · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A large fish with pink flesh, valued as food and for sport fishing.

  2. 2.

    The pink-orange flesh of this fish used as food.

  3. 3.

    A pink-orange color like salmon flesh.

Forms

plural: salmon

Related words

See also: fish, trout, tuna

Etymology

From Old French saumon, from Latin salmo, possibly from salire ("to leap").