DCHP-1 Online
sockeye (salmon) [by folk etymology Coast Salish suk-kegh red fish] 
n. a species of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, that ranges from Alaska to Japan.
See also: red (def. 4) red salmon
- 1869 The most important from the latter point of view, Is the Sockeye.
- 1964 Sockeye salmon usually live to be four or five years of age. . . .
- 1869 The most important from the latter point of view, Is the Sockeye.