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salmon

[sam-uhn] / ˈsæm ən /




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In the Arctic Yukon, however, the cats occupied a very different ecological role as tertiary consumers and likely specialized in anadromous fish such as salmon.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

She’s even preparing her dinners in advance—medium-rare steak and salmon with sweet potato on the side.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Those still open tend to have generators, menus priced in dollars and a clientele of well-connected Cubans, decked in salmon shirts and tassel loafers.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

"The incident could have serious consequences for the river's salmon and sea trout populations for many years to come," added the club.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

A grizzled beard and yellow rain boots as he pulled up a net full of tuna or salmon or whatever.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

Shotter said that salmon sperm “is harvested from salmons without harming them.”

From Salon Jul. 20, 2024

As a result, the state has been trucking millions of salmons raised at hatcheries to the ocean each year, bypassing the perilous downstream journey.

From Seattle Times Jul. 26, 2021

With these mackerels, four salmons, a custom-house officer, and a Norwegian parson, we set off at noon for Christiania.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor

The present which they sent for his kitchen, and was laid upon the pavement in the hall, 359 was this:—four great whole sturgeons, two great fresh salmons, one calf, two sheep, two lambs.

From A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. by Charles Morton

A settlement of "fish-skin" Indians was visited in the dog search, and Meares told us of natives who dressed in cured skins of salmons.

From South with Scott by Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans




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