Salmon-leap
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Salmon-leap
a series of steps to permit a salmon to pass up-stream
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary O. Fr. saulmon—L. salmo, from salīre, to leap.
An Atlantic salmon leaps while swimming inside a farm pen near Eastport, Maine. scpr.org
Salmon attempt to leap up the fish ladder (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife). forbes.com
Gary Walts/The Post-Standard A fish hooked on somebody else's line leaps out of the water in front of Kevin McCarthy, of Baldwinsville, on the Salmon River in Pulaski. blog.syracuse.com
Bronze salmon leap up the falls at the top of 2nd Street. hoodrivernews.com
The pool is full of salmon, leaping merrily in their delight at coming into their native stream. "Fisherman's Luck" by
At last, in, I suppose, one supreme effort to escape, he leaped clear of the water like a salmon. "The Cruise of the Cachalot" by
The salmon begin to leap shortly after sunrise. "Astoria Or, Anecdotes Of An Enterprise Beyond The Rocky Mountains" by
What is it that makes salmon leap? "Little Rivers" by
A splashing noise near by drew him down to a valley through which ran a large river, and up a waterfall some salmon were leaping. "The Orange Fairy Book" by
There is a high saw-mill dam there which every salmon in his upward journey tries his hand at leaping. "Locusts and Wild Honey" by
A salmon vainly attempted to leap up a cascade. "Cobwebs From an Empty Skull" by
All the Sangos swim like salmon but cannot of course leap up rapids. "A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State" by
At last, in, I suppose, one supreme effort to escape, he leaped clear of the water like a salmon. "The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book" by
The drive to the Salmon Leap, at Leixlip, should not be missed. "The Sunny Side of Ireland" by
They gather round;
Beneath the river bank great salmon leap,
And trout abound.
Swarthy Lap and fair Norwegian,
Far as swims the salmon, leaping,
Up the streams of Salten Fiord.