Salmon vs. Tuna

Salmonnoun

One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.

Salmonnoun

A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.

Salmonnoun

The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.

Salmonnoun

(Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)

Salmonadjective

Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

Salmonverb

To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.

Salmonnoun

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.

Salmonnoun

A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.

Salmonadjective

Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon.

Salmonnoun

any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

Salmonnoun

a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho

Salmonnoun

flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

Salmonnoun

a large edible fish that is a popular sporting fish, much prized for its pink flesh. Salmon mature in the sea but migrate to freshwater streams to spawn.

Salmonnoun

the flesh of the salmon as food.

Salmonnoun

any of a number of fishes resembling the salmon.

Salmonnoun

a pale pink colour

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. Other fish in the same family include trout, char, grayling, and whitefish.

Tunanoun

Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

Tunanoun

The edible flesh of the tuna.

Tunanoun

The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.

Tunanoun

The fruit of the cactus.

Tunanoun

The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.

Tunanoun

Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the mackerel family Scombridae, especially the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, formerly Orcynus thynnus or Albacora thynnus), called also the common tunny or great tunny, a native of the Mediterranean Sea and of temperate parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is caught commercially in large quantity for use as food; - also called, especially in Britain, tunny. It is also one of the favorite fishes used by the Japanese in preparing sushi. On the American coast, especially in New England, it is sometimes called the horse mackerel. Another well-known species is the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) of warm seas. the See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.

Tunanoun

The bonito, 2.

Tunanoun

the meat of the tuna, used as food; - also called tuna fish.

Tunanoun

tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear; Jamaica

Tunanoun

important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

Tunanoun

any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters

Tunanoun

New Zealand eel

Tuna

A tuna is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae (mackerel) family. The Thunnini comprise 15 species across five genera, the sizes of which vary greatly, ranging from the bullet tuna (max.