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Noun: blueback salmon
  1. Small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
    - sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka

Derived forms: blueback salmon

Type of: salmon

Part of: genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus

Encyclopedia: Blueback salmon

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