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13 Cards in this Set
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Anadromous
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born in fresh water, spond most of their lives in salt water and return to fresh water to spawn |
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Redd
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A salmon nest, dug out of the gravel in the stream bed by the adult femal |
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Smolt |
young salmon migrating downstream from freshwater to saltwater |
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Spawn
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bringing forth a new generation of salmon by digging nests in the stream bed and depositing fertilized eggs into them
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Alevin |
newly hatched salmon; the yolk sacks are still attached |
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Fry |
young salmon who can swim and catch their own food |
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Milt |
the milky sperm the male salmon releases to fertilize the egg |
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Parr |
a young salmon with large spots on their sides for camoflauge. |
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Chinook (latin)
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Oncorhynchus tsawtystcha
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Coho (latin)
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Oncorhynchus kisutch |
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Pink (latin)
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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha |
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Chum (latin)
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Oncorhynchus keta |
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Sockeye (latin)
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Oncorhynchus nerka
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