/
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-.