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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A small salmon (
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) which ascends the rivers of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws.
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