jack salmon
English
noun
Definitions
- Merluccius productus, a ray-finned fish found in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
- A Chinook salmon that returns to the fresh water one or two years early.
- (colloquial) Sander canadensis.
- (Midwestern US) Sander vitreus.
Etymology
Compound from English jack (referring to the increase in alcohol concentration due to distillation, man) + English salmon.
Origin
English
salmon
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- applejack English
- beachsalmon English
- blackjack English
- bootjack English
- coho salmon English
- crackerjack English
- ice-jack English
- jack English
- jackable English
- jackass English
- jackdaw English
- jackfish English
- jackless English
- jacklight English
- jackman English
- jackscrew English
- jackshaft English
- jacksmith English
- jacksnipe English
- jackspeak English
- jackstaff English
- jackstone English
- jacktop English
- jackwood English
- lumberjack English
- minijack English
- nonsalmon English
- pumpjack English
- salmon English
- salmonberry English
- salmonburger English
- salmoner English
- salmonet English
- salmonish English
- salmonless English
- salmonlike English
- salmony English
- samlet English
- screwjack English
- smokejack English
- whiskeyjack English
- salmōnem Latin
- salmone Italian
- jack Dutch, Flemish
- jekk Norwegian Bokmål
- jack Portuguese
- サーモン Japanese
- ジャッキ Japanese
- ジャック Japanese
- jekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- samoun Middle English
- saumon, samon Middle English
- tjakkur Icelandic
- सामन Hindi
- แซลมอน Thai
- salmon Cebuano
- jac Welsh
- סלמון Hebrew (modern)
- 三文魚 Chinese
- jeki Swahili
- 잭 Korean
- jam̧ōņ Marshallese
- jacke xno
- jack
- salmon
- samlet
- salmony
- jackman
- jackass
- jacktop
- jackdaw
- bootjack
- ice-jack
- salmoner
- jackfish
- jackless
- salmonet
- jackable
- jackwood
- minijack
- pumpjack
- jacksnipe
- smokejack
- screwjack
- jacksmith
- jackshaft
- nonsalmon
- jackstone
- jackstaff
- blackjack
- jacklight
- salmonish
- jackspeak
- applejack
- jackscrew
- lumberjack
- salmonless
- salmonlike
- coho salmon
- salmonberry
- whiskeyjack
- crackerjack
- beachsalmon
- salmonburger