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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nerka  \Ner"ka\,  n.  [Russ.  niarka,  prob.  fr  native  name.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  most  important  salmon  of  Alaska  ({Oncorhinchus  nerka}), 
  ascending  in  spring  most  rivers  and  lakes  from  Alaska  to 
  Oregon,  Washington,  and  Idaho;  --  called  also  {red  salmon}, 
  {redfish},  {blueback},  and  {sawqui}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Redfish  \Red"fish`\  (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh`),  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  The  blueback  salmon  of  the  North  Pacific;  --  called  also 
  {nerka}.  See  {Blueback} 
  b  . 
  b  The  rosefish. 
  c  A  large  California  labroid  food  fish  ({Trochocopus 
  pulcher});  --  called  also  {fathead}. 
  d  The  red  bass,  red  drum,  or  drumfish.  See  the  Note  under 
  {Drumfish}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  redfish 
  n  1:  North  Atlantic  rockfish  [syn:  {rosefish},  {ocean  perch}] 
  2:  large  edible  fish  found  off  coast  of  United  States  from 
  Massachusetts  to  Mexico  [syn:  {red  drum},  {channel  bass}, 
  {Sciaenops  ocellatus}] 
  3:  male  salmon  that  has  recently  spawned




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