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How to pronounce sockeye in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms red salmon, sockeye salmon
Type of salmon
Type Words
Synonyms blueback salmon, oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye salmon
Type of salmon

Examples of sockeye

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And despite a few good years of returns, Snake River sockeye remain endangered.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Today about 6 percent of the Redfish sockeye population has Lonesome Larry genes.
From the kansas.com
Kuril Lake is recognized as the biggest spawning-ground for sockeye in Eurasia.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He said the good sockeye catch will provide economic boost for the whole community.
From the thenewstribune.com
As with sockeye, cod fishers harvested the largest fish, including breeding females.
From the newscientist.com
More than 109,000 sockeye salmon had passed Bonneville through Monday, LeFleur said.
From the thenewstribune.com
We threaded through a flotilla of pleasure boats fishing for sockeye salmon.
From the latimes.com
The boats beach on gravel bars, and you try to intercept the sockeye as they run past.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In my diet I stick to sardines, herring, Alaskan black cod and Alaskan sockeye salmon.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Red salmon: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
  • Small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
  • Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye is a corruption of 'suk-kegh', a coastal Indian name for the medium-sized salmon. Other regional names include Red Salmon, Blueback Salmon and Big Redfish (redfish because of their brilliant spawning colors). ...
  • A small Pacific salmon that migrates through the Columbia-Snake River system and spawns at high elevation and great distance from the ocean.