apricot vs salmon

apricot

adj
  • Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot. 

noun
  • The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill. 

  • A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit. 

  • A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside. 

  • The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca 

  • A dog with an orange-coloured coat. 

salmon

adj
  • Having a pale pinkish-orange colour. 

noun
  • One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn. 

  • A meal or dish made from this fish. 

  • snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout) 

  • The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat. 

  • A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon. 

verb
  • To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street. 

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