salmons
Spawning river fish
Salmons is the plural of salmon, a large fish prized for its pink flesh.
The standard plural is salmon—We caught three salmon—but salmons appears when distinguishing species or varieties: Pacific salmons include chinook, coho, and sockeye.
The form also surfaces in casual or non-native usage.
Ocean bordering Europe
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- sockeyeAlaska's prized salmon
- chinookWarm downslope Rocky wind
- cohoNorth Pacific salmon species
pink · chum · king · silver · wild-caught · farmed · fillet · steelhead
Exposed to wood fumes
- gravlaxRaw salmon, salt-cured
- loxSalt-cured salmon
- sashimiThinly sliced raw fish
- grilledCooked on metal bars
poached · baked · teriyaki · ceviche · tartare · poke · fillet · nigiri
Atlantic
Ocean bordering Europe
coho · pink · chum · king · silver · wild-caught · farmed · fillet · steelhead · anadromous
smoked
Exposed to wood fumes
grilled · poached · baked · teriyaki · ceviche · tartare · poke · fillet · nigiri · croquettes
spawning
Releasing eggs to reproduce
redds · leaping · rivers · breeding · eggs · fry · returning · natal · streams · Pacific Northwest
pink
Pale red hue
rosy · warm · muted · peachy · fabric · paint · interior · lipstick · nail polish · bridesmaid
salmonscarp
Whine about trivialities
fish sticks · imitation crab · catfish · tilapia · sardines
- smoked salmonCured, preserved fish fillet
- salmon runsAnnual upstream breeding journey
- wild salmonFree-swimming pacific fish
- grilled salmonHeat-seared pink fish
- salmon filletBoneless cut of pink fish
- canned salmonPreserved fish in tins