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chinook salmon
[ shi-nook sam-uhn, -nook, chi- ]
Chinook salmon
noun
- a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish Also calledquinnat salmonking salmon
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chinook salmon1
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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Example Sentences
Soon after done spawning every one of them died, not only both forms of the red fish but the chinook salmon as well.
From Project Gutenberg
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