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salmon |
8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Salmon \Salm"on\ (s[a^]m"[u^]n), n.; pl {Salmons} (-[u^]nz) or (collectively) {Salmon}. [OE. saumoun salmon, F. saumon, fr L. salmo, salmonis, perhaps from salire to leap. Cf {Sally}, v.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus {Salmo} and allied genera. The common salmon ({Salmo salar}) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See {Quinnat}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Salmon \Salm"on\, a. Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ceratodus \Ce*rat"o*dus\, n. [NL., fr Gr ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + ? tooth.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called {salmon} and {baramunda}. See {Dipnoi}, and {Archipterygium}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: salmon n 1: any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn 2: a tributary of the Snake River [syn: {Salmon}, {Salmon River}] 3: flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Salmon, ID (city, FIPS 71650) Location: 45.17786 N, 113.89852 W Population (1990): 2941 (1469 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83467 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Salmon garment, the son of Nashon (Ruth 4:20; Matt. 1:4, 5), possibly the same as Salma in 1 Chr. 2:51. From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Salmon shady; or Zalmon (q.v.), a hill covered with dark forests, south of Shechem, from which Abimelech and his men gathered wood to burn that city (Judg. 9:48). In Ps 68:14 the change from war to peace is likened to snow on the dark mountain, as some interpret the expression. Others suppose the words here mean that the bones of the slain left unburied covered the land, so that it seemed to be white as if covered with snow. The reference, however, of the psalm is probably to Josh. 11 and 12. The scattering of the kings and their followers is fitly likened unto the snow-flakes rapidly falling on the dark Salmon. It is the modern Jebel Suleiman From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Salmon, peaceable; perfect; he that rewards
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