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De - Pt| English Dictionary: blue-back | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zo[94]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]: | |
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Blueback \Blue"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A trout ({Salmo oquassa}) inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine. (b) A salmon ({Oncorhynchus nerka}) of the Columbia River and northward. (c) An American river herring ({Clupea [91]stivalis}), closely allied to the alewife. | |
