chinook salmon

[ shi-nook-sam-uhn, -nook, chi- ]

noun
  1. a large salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, found in the North Pacific Ocean.

Origin of chinook salmon

1
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

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Chinook salmon

noun
  1. a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish: Also called: quinnat salmon, king salmon

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