/
ˈsamən/
n.
 (pl. same)
  - a large edible fish that matures in the sea and migrates to freshwater streams to spawn. 
[Salmo salar (Atlantic) and genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific).]
 
▸any of various unrelated marine fish resembling the salmon. 
[Arripis trutta (Australasia) and other species.]
 ▸the flesh of the salmon as food.
 - a pale pink colour like that of the flesh of a salmon.
 
Derivative
Etymology
ME samoun, from Anglo-Norman Fr. saumoun, from L. salmo, salmon-.