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1n.
2n.
See: Red(def. 2)
Quotations
3n. — Fur Trade
the pelt of a red fox.
Quotations
1933
"I got--oh--'bout twenty martens, thirty minks, forty weasels, 139 muskrats, two crosses and a red."
1936
To the Hudson's Bay Company's store the hunters brought their fox pelts--whites, crosses, silvers and reds--which they had accumulated since freeze-up.
4n.
a species of Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, that ranges from Alaska to Japan.
See: sockeye
Quotations
1958
Many an ex-handliner can recall the "bad year" when reds brought three cents a pound. . . .
1964
It is believed to be the first time the Japanese have actively fished for immature reds, and the effect of such fishing pressure may well be felt by Canadian and US salmon fishermen next year.