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Redfish

The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b).

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Drum 76% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

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Drumfish 76% connected

Any fish of the family Sciaenidae, which makes a loud noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also drum.

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Rockfish 76% connected

Any one of several California scorpaenoid food fishes of the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (S. ruber). They are among the most important o…

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Salmon 76% connected

of Salmon

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Rosefish 92% connected

A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway…

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Badger noun · 78% connection

A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…

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Beshow noun · 78% connection

A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish.

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Blueback noun · 78% connection

A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward.

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Bull trout unknown · 78% connection

In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers; -- called also sea trout.

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Cabrilla noun · 78% connection

A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast…

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Candlefish noun · 78% connection

A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily…

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Ceratodus noun · 78% connection

A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discov…

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Charr noun · 78% connection

One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountai…

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Chinook noun · 78% connection

large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

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Chum noun · 78% connection

a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish

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Gaper noun · 78% connection

A large edible clam (Schizothaerus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam.

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Geoduck noun · 78% connection

A gigantic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food.

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Huchen noun · 78% connection

A large salmon (Salmo, / Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and bull trout.

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Kipper noun · 78% connection

A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good whe…

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Ladyfish noun · 78% connection

A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, Frenc…

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Malacopterygii n. pl. · 78% connection

An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny.…

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Manzanita noun · 78% connection

evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furnit…

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Marai noun · 78% connection

A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.

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