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keta (salmon)
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a large salmon of the Pacific coast, Oncorhynchus keta.
See: dog salmon
Quotations
1824
In Bears River near the Lake they speared a kind of salmon he names Keth [sic] in the Rapids but not in quantities.
1933
Chums or keta are plentiful in all districts.
1962
Formerly known as dog salmon, the chum, with the scientific name Oncorhynchus Keta, has also been called the qualla, keta and calico salmon. It is caught all along the coast of British Columbia.