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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Alaskan Indian name of the Californian salmon or quinnat, Oncorhynchus chavicha. Also tchawytcha, chaoucha, choweecha, and chouicha.
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1 All the species of salmon on the Pacific coast may be reduced to five, belonging to the one genus Oncorhyncus: (1) O. chavicha, or quinnat, called "quinnat" and
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904
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