hone

[< Brit.dial. "swelling"]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. — Obs.

a species of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, characterized by pinkish flesh.

Quotations

1869

The Oleys or Hones appear every alternate year; they are known as the Humpback salmon, from a peculiar protuberance on the back.