jack salmon
jack salmon noun: merluccius productus, a ray-finned fish found in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
Noun
jack salmon (plural jack salmon or jack salmons)
- Merluccius productus, a ray-finned fish found in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
- Synonyms:
- North Pacific hake, Pacific hake, Pacific whiting
- A Chinook salmon that returns to the fresh water one or two years early.
- Sander canadensis.
- Synonyms:
- sauger
- Sander vitreus.
- A visitor may well be baffled by “pony keg” and “jack salmon,” but Cincinnatians know that the first is a store where beer may be purchased and the second is deep-fried pike.1967, Robert E. McLaughlin, The Heartland: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →OCLC, page 16
- Synonyms:
- walleye
Synonyms of jack salmon
Forms of jack salmon
| plural | jack salmon |
|---|---|
| plural | jack salmons |
Origin of jack salmon
From jack + salmon.
Questions about jack salmon
- What does jack salmon mean?
- Jack salmon means merluccius productus, a ray-finned fish found in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
- What part of speech is jack salmon?
- Jack salmon is a noun.
- What is the plural of jack salmon?
- The plural of jack salmon is jack salmon.
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