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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The king-salmon, Oncorhynchus quinnat. Also called chavicha and equinna. See Oncorhynchus and salmon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, the chinook salmon.

Etymologies

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From a Native American language.

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