👉 "A salmon crested" is a playful, albeit slightly morbid, term describing a particularly flamboyant and over-the-top appearance of a salmon, like it's auditioning for a reality show called "The Cresty Catch." Imagine this: A salmon, having just swum through a lake that was once home to a pirate ship, sports a mane of feathers that's so extravagant, it's like it's auditioning for a Broadway musical but decided to go for the 'rockstar' look.
Now, here's an unsettling example sentence: "The salmon crested, with its feathers so vibrant they could've painted a rainbow over a nuclear reactor, decided to make a statement at the annual fish festival by sporting a crest that looked like it was plotting a takeover of the local fast food joint."