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humpbacked salmon
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humpbacked salmon,
A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) which ascends the rivers of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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