Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vernacular name in Kamchatka of the dog-salmon, Oncorhynchus keta.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small salmon (
Oncorhynchus keta ) of inferior value, which in the autumn runs up all the larger rivers between San Francisco and Kamchatka.
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Examples
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There are five types of Alaska salmon: pink, keta, sockeye, coho, and king salmon.
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Canned Alaska salmon is available at most supermarkets and wholesale clubs, such as Costco, and the pink, keta, and sockeye varieties of canned Alaska salmon can be very affordable.
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There are five types of Alaska salmon: pink, keta, sockeye, coho, and king salmon.
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There are five types of Alaska salmon: pink, keta, sockeye, coho, and king salmon.
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There are five types of Alaska salmon: pink, keta, sockeye, coho, and king salmon.
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Canned Alaska salmon is available at most supermarkets and wholesale clubs, such as Costco, and the pink, keta, and sockeye varieties of canned Alaska salmon can be very affordable.
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Canned Alaska salmon is available at most supermarkets and wholesale clubs, such as Costco, and the pink, keta, and sockeye varieties of canned Alaska salmon can be very affordable.
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Canned Alaska salmon is available at most supermarkets and wholesale clubs, such as Costco, and the pink, keta, and sockeye varieties of canned Alaska salmon can be very affordable.
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Also, late freeze-up would allow seals increased access to the Noatak River, which holds large char (Salvelinus malma) and chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) at this time.
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Over 237 fish species occur, including all five species of Alaskan pacific salmon: chum Oncorhynchus keta, red O. nerka, silver O. kisutch, pink O. gorbuscha, and king O. tshawytscha.
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