Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
chavicha .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See
quinnat .
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These species may be called the quinnat or king salmon, the blue-back salmon or red-fish, the silver salmon, the dog salmon, and the hump-back salmon, or _Oncorhynchus chouicha, nerka, kisutch, keta_, and _gorbuscha_.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 Various
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The usual order of running in the rivers is as follows: _nerka, chouicha, kisutch, gorbuscha, keta_.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 Various
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