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Noun: Oncorhynchus nerka
  1. Small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
    - sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon

Type of: salmon

Part of: genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus

Encyclopedia: Oncorhynchus nerka

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Oncidium papilio kramerianum
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Oncorhynchus
Oncorhynchus keta
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Oncorhynchus nerka
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
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Oncovin
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Ondatra
Ondatra zibethica
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