Atlantic salmon

noun

A species of fish of the salmon family, Salmo salar.

Similar
Salmo salar

Meanings

nounAtlantic salmon (plural Atlantic salmons or Atlantic salmon)

plural Atlantic salmons

  1. A species of fish of the salmon family, Salmo salar.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfound in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning

Similar
Salmo salar
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Basque izokin arrunt
  • izokin arruntspecies of fish
Catalan salmó europeu
  • salmó europeuspecies of fish
Chinese Mandarin 大西洋鲑
  • 大西洋鲑 (dàxīyángguī)species of fish
Czech losos obecný, losos atlantský
  • losos obecnýspecies of fish
  • losos atlantskýspecies of fish
Dutch Atlantische zalm
  • Atlantische zalmspecies of fish
Esperanto atlantika salmo
  • atlantika salmospecies of fish
Finnish merilohi
  • merilohispecies of fish
French saumon atlantique
  • saumon atlantiquespecies of fish
German Atlantischer Lachs
  • Atlantischer Lachsspecies of fish
Irish bradán Atlantach
  • bradán Atlantachspecies of fish
Italian salmone dell'Atlantico
  • salmone dell'Atlanticospecies of fish
Japanese 大西洋鮭
  • 大西洋鮭species of fish
Korean 대서양연어
  • 대서양연어 (daeseoyang'yeoneo)species of fish
Polish łosoś atlantycki, łosoś europejski
  • łosoś atlantyckispecies of fish
  • łosoś europejskispecies of fish
  • łosoś pospolityspecies of fish
  • łosoś szlachetnyspecies of fish
Portuguese salmão-atlântico
  • salmão-atlânticospecies of fish
Russian атланти́ческий лосо́сь, озёрный лосо́сь
  • атланти́ческий лосо́сь (atlantíčeskij losósʹ)species of fish
  • озёрный лосо́сь (ozjórnyj losósʹ)species of fish
  • сёмга (sjómga)species of fish
Spanish salmón del Atlántico
  • salmón del Atlánticospecies of fish
Welsh eog
  • eogspecies of fish
Cite this entry
APA

Atlantic salmon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20salmon

MLA

“Atlantic salmon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20salmon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Atlantic salmon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20salmon.

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