Associations to the word «Sockeye»

Wiktionary

SOCKEYE, noun. A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
SOCKEYE, noun. The edible flesh of this fish.
SOCKEYE SALMON, noun. A salmon of the species Oncorhynchus nerka.

Dictionary definition

SOCKEYE, noun. Fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers.
SOCKEYE, noun. Small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats