salmón

Definitions of salmón
  1. noun
    any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
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    type of:
    pescado
    any fish used for food by human beings
    salmónido
    soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
  2. noun
    a shade of pink tinged with yellow
    synonyms: melocotón
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    type of:
    rosa
    a light shade of red
  3. noun
    flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
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    types:
    salmón ahumado
    salmon cured by smoking
    type of:
    pescado
    the flesh of fish used as food
  4. noun
    a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho
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    example of:
    río
    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
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