humpback salmon

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humpback salmon

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Noun[edit]

humpback salmon (plural humpback salmons or humpback salmon)

  1. a small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), which ascends Pacific coast rivers of Asia and of America from California to Alaska.
    • 2012, C. Pierce, Education in the Age of Biocapitalism, →ISBN:
      The six species of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus) are Chinook (king), Coho (silver), Sockeye (red), Chum (dog), Pink (humpback or humpy), and Cherry.

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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha — see pink salmon
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