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sockeye

sockeye noun: a small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.

sockeye: a small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern...
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Noun

sockeye (countable and uncountable, plural sockeyes or sockeye)

  1. A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
  2. Edible flesh of this fish.

sockeye meaning in Tamil

sockeye in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of sockeye

Forms of sockeye

pluralsockeyes
pluralsockeye

Origin of sockeye

Borrowed from Halkomelem sθəqəy̓, probably meaning red fish.

Phrases with sockeye

Questions about sockeye

What does sockeye mean?
Sockeye means a small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
What is sockeye in Tamil?
Sockeye in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Sockeye meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sockeye?
Sockeye is a noun.
What is the plural of sockeye?
The plural of sockeye is sockeyes.

Words near sockeye in the dictionary

  1. sockets
  2. Sockett
  3. sockette
  4. sockettes
  5. socketwood
  6. sockeye
  7. sockeye salmon
  8. sockeyes
  9. sockfarm
  10. sockfarms
  11. sockful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sockeye (page history and authors); sockeye (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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