salmon vs Oncorhynchus keta

Oncorhynchus keta vs salmon

salmon and Oncorhynchus keta both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but Oncorhynchus keta is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salmon	Yes	Yes	No	No
Oncorhynchus keta	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Oncorhynchus keta is a hyponym of salmon; that is, Oncorhynchus keta is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than salmon:

salmon: any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
Oncorhynchus keta: a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish

Other hyponyms of salmon include blackfish, redfish, Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon, chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon, chum, chum salmon, blue jack, coho, coho salmon, cohoe, Oncorhynchus kisutch, silver salmon.

salmon (noun)	Oncorhynchus keta (noun)
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn	a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish
a pale pinkish orange color
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

salmon (adjective)	Oncorhynchus keta (adjective)
of orange tinged with pink

Difference between salmon and Oncorhynchus keta

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