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Salmon vs Goldfish - What's the difference?

salmon | goldfish |

As nouns the difference between salmon and goldfish

is that salmon is one of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily while goldfish is a type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.

As an adjective salmon

is having a yellowish pink colour.

As a proper noun Salmon

is {{surname|lang=en}.

salmon

English

(wikipedia salmon)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily.
  • A yellowish pink colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout )
  • * 1992 , The Shamen (band), (Ebeneezer Goode) (song)
    • Got any salmon ?

    Synonyms

    * (fish) lax * (smoked salmon) lox * (colour) salmon pink

    Derived terms

    * Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ) * (Salmo salar ) * beaked salmon () * (Salmo salar ) * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * ) * (Salmo salar ) * ) * chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta ) * coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch ) * Danube salmon (Hucho hucho ) * ) * dog salmon (Oncorhynchus keta ) * (Salmo salar ) * ) * humpback salmon () * (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * land-locked salmon (Salmo salar ) * Nova Scotia salmon * (Salmo salar ) * (Oncorhynchus spp.) * ) * (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * rock salmon * salmon and trout * (Cacatua moluccensis ) * salmon day * (Eucalyptus spp.) * salmon ladder * salmon leap * salmon peel * ) * ) * salmon trout (Salmo gairdneri ) * ) * salmonberry () * salmonid * (Salmo salar ) * silver salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch'', ''Salmo salar ) * smoked salmon * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * spring salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha )

    Related terms

    * samlet

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a yellowish pink colour.
  • * 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 155:
    • Smiley and Guillam perched disconsolately beneath it, on a bench of salmon velvet.

    See also

    * * alevin * anadromous * arctic char * blackfish * coarse fish * gravlax * grilse * kelt * kipper * lox * parr * redfish * smolt * sockeye * trout * yolk fry

    Anagrams

    * English invariant nouns English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    goldfish

    English

    (wikipedia goldfish)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A type of small fish, Carassius auratus , typically orange-colored.
    • For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.

    Derived terms

    * fantail goldfish * goldfish bowl