- - -

Please use the form below to search our dictionaries by entering a word you wish to define. (If you search this site to define words regularly, support this FREE site - Donate! )

Define Word:
Use dictionary:

Or browse by Letter:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Define the word nerka

"nerka" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
   (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also
       nerka. See Blueback
   (b) .
   (b) The rosefish.
   (c) A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead.
   (d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under
       Drumfish.
       [1913 Webster]

"Nerka" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.]
   (Zool.)
   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.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]