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If you want something beautiful to put on the dinner table, pick up a sockeye, the salmon species with the most vivid red flesh.
Tom Douglas

Meaning of "sockeye" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOCKEYE

By folk etymology from Salishan sukkegh.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SOCKEYE

sockeye  [ˈsɒkˌaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOCKEYE

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Sockeye is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOCKEYE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Sockeye salmon

Sockeye salmon — also called red salmon or blueback salmon in the United States — is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a Pacific salmon that is primarily red in hue during spawning. They can be up to 84 cm in length and weigh anywhere from 2.3 to 7 kg. A distinguishing feature of the sockeye salmon is the lack of a definite spot on the back and tail. Juveniles remain in freshwater until they are ready to migrate to the ocean, over distances of up to 1,600 km. Their diet consists primarily of zooplankton. Sockeye salmon are semelparous, dying after they spawn.

Definition of sockeye in the English dictionary

The definition of sockeye in the dictionary is a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, having red flesh and valued as a food fish Also called: red salmon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOCKEYE


aurei
ˈɔːrɪˌaɪ
aye-aye
ˈaɪˌaɪ
buckeye
ˈbʌkˌaɪ
bugeye
ˈbʌɡˌaɪ
Catseye
ˈkætsˌaɪ
Cephei
ˈsiːfɪˌaɪ
cockeye
ˈkɒkˌaɪ
denarii
dɪˈneərɪˌaɪ
fish-eye
ˈfɪʃˌaɪ
genii
ˈdʒiːnɪˌaɪ
goldeneye
ˈɡəʊldənˌaɪ
Haggai
ˈhæɡeɪˌaɪ
nuclei
ˈnjuːklɪˌaɪ
Persei
ˈpɜːsɪˌaɪ
pinkeye
ˈpɪŋkˌaɪ
radii
ˈreɪdɪˌaɪ
redeye
ˈrɛdˌaɪ
ribeye
ˈrɪbˌaɪ
Salii
ˈseɪlɪˌaɪ
walleye
ˈwɔːlˌaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOCKEYE

sociosexual
sock
sock away
sock it to
sock puppet
sock puppeteer
sock puppetry
sockdolager
sockdologer
socked in
socket
socket joint
socket set
socket wrench
sockette
sockless
socko
socle
socman
socmen

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOCKEYE

an eye for an eye
bird´s-eye
black eye
cat´s-eye
eagle eye
easy on the eye
electric eye
evil eye
eye
half an eye
hook and eye
in the public eye
mind´s eye
more than meets the eye
my eye
red eye
red-eye
see eye to eye
third eye
turn a blind eye

Synonyms and antonyms of sockeye in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sockeye» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOCKEYE

Find out the translation of sockeye to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sockeye from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sockeye» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

salmón rojo
570 millions of speakers

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sockeye
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सोकाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السلمون الاحمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нерки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sockeye
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sockeye
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rouge
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sockeye
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sockeye
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

紅鮭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sockeye
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cá hồi đỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sockeye
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शॉकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sockeye
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sockeye
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nerkę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нерки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sockeye
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

sockeye
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

sockeye
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sockeye
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

sockeye
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sockeye

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCKEYE»

The term «sockeye» is regularly used and occupies the 88.445 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCKEYE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sockeye

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QUOTES WITH «SOCKEYE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sockeye.
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Tom Douglas
If you want something beautiful to put on the dinner table, pick up a sockeye, the salmon species with the most vivid red flesh.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOCKEYE»

Discover the use of sockeye in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sockeye and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Steven Sockeye Salmon
I am Steven Sockeye to you, my brothers and sisters and to any fish who wants me as a friend. To those who thinks of me as food, I am Scarside. That is my idea of what I am. That said, little sister, an idea is a reaction to something. It was not ...
Chuck Fair, 2005
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Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish
Oncorhynchus nerka A member of the Salmonidae family, sockeye leave the ocean to spawn in freshwater, as do other Pacific salmon, but they enter only those rivers having lakes at their headwaters. The erection of dams and the alteration of ...
Ken Schultz, 2011
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Sustainable Fisheries Management: Pacific Salmon
International management of Fraser River sockeye salmon fisheries from 1946 to the present has evolved into a complex, week-to-week, in-season, decision- making process featuring a comprehensive data collection and analysis program  ...
E. Eric Knudsen, Donald McDonald, 1999
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Pacific Salmon Life Histories
At 75 km2 in surface area, the lake is only 1/35 the size of Iliamna Lake, Alaska, yet has produced runs of sockeye as high as 10 million fish (Egorova et al. 1961). Spawning occurs primarily in upwelling groundwater areas along the lake shore  ...
Cornelis Groot, L. Margolis, 1991
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Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Freshwater Fish
Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye Salmon (spawning male) Kokanee Salmon A member of the Salmonidae family, the sockeye is like some other members of the Pacific salmon group, in having both anadromous and freshwater forms. The former ...
Ken Schultz, 2010
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Pacific Salmon & their Ecosystems: Status and Future Options
I use this nonmigratory form of sockeye salmon to argue that microevolution can produce speciation in Oncorhynchus. Allozyme (Footeet al. l989), mitochondrial and minisatellite DNA (Taylor et al. l996) data from both North America and Asia  ...
Deanna J. Stouder, Peter A. Bisson, Robert Naiman, 1997
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The Rain Forests of Home: Profile Of A North American Bioregion
Although information on catches during that period is spotty, the data suggest a familiar pattern: an ever-escalating sockeye harvest, climaxed by population collapse. Overfishing a naturally variable stock was likely the major cause of this  ...
Peter Schoonmaker, Bettina Von Hagen, Edward C. Wolf, 1997
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Physiological Ecology of Pacific Salmon
The shapes of the relationships between time of embryonic development and temperature are similar for all tested species of Oncorhynchus (Figure 3.2), except that the sockeye salmon appears to require more time than the others to develop ...
Cornelis Groot, 2010
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The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout
also indicated a significant increase in growth for vertically migrating sockeye when the optimal temperature is below the depth where prey are concentrated ( Bevelhimer and Adams 1993). However, Steinhart and Wurtsbaugh (1999) ...
Thomas P. Quinn, 2011
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Rivers of North America
estimate has sockeye salmon contributing to 10% to 39% of the bedload movement (Scrivener and Macdonald 1998). Freezing temperatures also have several effects on these river systems, including storage of snow through the winter, ice ...
Arthur C. Benke, Colbert E. Cushing, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOCKEYE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sockeye is used in the context of the following news items.
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Columbia River chinook and sockeye still returning on a record pace
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met Monday (July 27), and provided an in-season forecast of 127,000 adult summer chinook and 511,000 sockeye ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
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Bust to boomtown: Sockeye run breaks records
The world's biggest sockeye salmon run at Bristol Bay went from "bust" to "unbelievable" in one week? Landings last week broke records every day for five days ... «Bristol Bay Times, Jul 15»
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Bristol Bay fishermen aghast at 50-cents-a-pound price for sockeye
Fish were still trickling in, and state managers, who called the season an anomaly, said the final tally should reach the projected harvest of 37.6 million sockeye. «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
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Sockeye salmon suffer infections in warm Columbia River system
FISHING -- "Catastrophic" is a word that's being used as scientists begin to unravel the mystery of why at least 200,000 sockeye that moved over Bonneville Dam ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
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Biologists bring sockeye into Idaho on trucks to get them out of hot …
Travis Brown, assistant manager at the Eagle Fish Hatchery, checks a sockeye salmon for a Passive Integrated Transponders tag at the hatchery on Wednesday ... «The Idaho Statesman, Jul 15»
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UPDATED: Two Anchorage residents charged in starting of Sockeye
Two Anchorage residents have been charged with a variety of crimes in connection with the ignition of last month's devastating Sockeye Fire near Willow, which ... «KTUU.com, Jul 15»
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Wild Alaska Sockeye Salmon Burgers with Rhubarb Chutney
Burgers are an All-American classic and when you are ready for something special with exceptional flavors, try our recipe for Wild Alaska Sockeye Salmon ... «The State Journal-Register, Jul 15»
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Sockeye fire containment increases to 53 percent
As firefighters worked to bring the Sockeye fire under control, officials reported Saturday that more than 80 new fires had ignited in Alaska over two days, a mix of ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jun 15»
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Sockeye Fire: Families picking up pieces after dozens of homes …
Channel 2 employees and viewers alike sent in these photos of the Sockeye Fire that has led to widespread evacuations of Willow and beyond and destroyed ... «KTUU.com, Jun 15»
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Sockeye Fire destroys at least 50 structures, appears human-caused
2:10 P.M. TUESDAY UPDATE: The incident commander of the 7,500-acre Sockeye Fire said Tuesday afternoon that the fire appears to have been ignited by ... «KTUU.com, Jun 15»

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