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Meaning of jack salmon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Merluccius productus, a ray-finned fish found in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
  2. A Chinook salmon that returns to the fresh water one or two years early.
  3. Sander canadensis.
  4. Sander vitreus.
    Midwestern-US, colloquial

Examples

“A visitor may well be baffled by “pony keg” and “jack salmon,” but Cincinnatians know that the first is a store where beer may be purchased and the second is deep-fried pike.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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