sockeye

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Halkomelem sθəqəy̓, probably meaning red fish. === Noun === sockeye (countable and uncountable, plural sockeyes or sockeye) A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific. Edible flesh of this fish. ==== Synonyms ==== kokanee, blueback salmon, red salmon, sockeye salmon ==== Translations ====