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Chinook salmon†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large salmon, Onchorhynchus tshawytscha, of the Pacific Coast, much valued as a game fish.

See: Chinook(def. 4),king salmon,quinnat,spring salmon,tyee(def. 3)

Quotations

1907

The king or tyee, quinnat, spring or chinook salmon . . . is the most important from the sportsman's point of view, but owing to the white or very pale pink flesh not so useful to the canner.

1963

Kelly started mooching a herring, caught himself a 10-pound chinook salmon.