Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blueback"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.]
(Zo["o]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)
Blueback \Blue"back`\, n. (Zo["o]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 [ae]stivalis}),
closely allied to the alewife.
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