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Adjective: salmon  sa-mun
  1. Of orange tinged with pink
    - pink-orange, pinkish-orange
Noun: salmon (salmon,salmons)  sa-mun
  1. Any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
     
  2. Flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
     
  3. A pale pinkish orange colour
Noun: Salmon  sa-mun
  1. A tributary of the Snake River in Idaho
    - Salmon River

Derived forms: salmon, salmons

See also: chromatic

Type of: chromatic color [US], chromatic colour [Brit, Cdn], fish, food fish, river, salmonid, spectral color [US], spectral colour [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: family Salmonidae, Gem State, ID, Id., Idaho, Salmonidae

Encyclopedia: Salmon, Mark