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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: salmun, from Latin salmo

salmon

 noun
     
salmon
Related topics: Food, Fish
salm‧on
1 [countable] plural salmonHBF a large fish with silver skin and pink flesh that lives in the sea but swims up rivers to lay its eggs
2 [uncountable]DF this fish eaten as food
3 [uncountable] a pink-orange colour
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