SALMON
NOUNS
– ALASKA TURKEY salmon …1948 Amer. dial.
– BAGGIT a salmon that has just spawned …1848
– BLUE-COCK a young salmon, so called from its bluish head and shoulders …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BRADDAN a salmon …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRANNOCK a young salmon …Bk1911 Sc.
– DEEP-SEA CHICKEN canned salmon …World War II Amer. sl.
– DEEP SEA TURKEY salmon …1921 Amer. sl., chiefly navy and army usage
– EKE a male salmon …1887 Eng. dial.
– ESLING a young salmon, spawned in the autumn, which has not yet been to the sea …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FIREBALL a salmon egg …1969 Amer. dial.
– GOLDFISH canned salmon …World War I Amer. sl.
– LASPRING a young salmon …1760
– LAX a salmon …c725 obs.
– RACK-RIDER a young salmon or parr …a1838 Sc.
– REISTER a salted and dried salmon; a kipper …1811 Sc.
– SAMLET a young salmon …1655
– SAMSON a young salmon …1769 Eng. dial. obs.
– SCAD the fry of salmon …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCAGGER a young salmon …1653
– SKEGGER a young salmon …1653
– SKIRLING a young salmon …1776 Eng. dial.
– SUBMARINE SHARK a salmon … World War I Amer. sl.
– YELLOW BELLY a young salmon trout returning from the sea …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1704 ► LAXFISHER a salmon fisherman → Sc. obs.
1809 ► BLACK-FISHER one who catches salmon just after spawning; a night poacher of fish
1856 ► RED-FISHER a salmon-fisher → Eng. dial.
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