salmon vs blueback salmon

blueback salmon vs salmon

salmon and blueback salmon both are nouns.

salmon is an adjective but blueback salmon is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salmon	Yes	Yes	No	No
blueback salmon	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, blueback salmon is a hyponym of salmon; that is, blueback salmon 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
blueback salmon: small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning

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

salmon (noun)	blueback salmon (noun)
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn	small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
a pale pinkish orange color
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

salmon (adjective)	blueback salmon (adjective)
of orange tinged with pink

Difference between salmon and blueback salmon

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