n. a species of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, characterized by pinkish flesh.
See also: pink salmon
- 1935  After the close of the sockeye season, what are commonly known as humpback salmon were caught; these are the fish which are now canned under the technical name of 'pinks.'
- 1964  Pinks are taken commercially in purse-seines and gill-nets . . .