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quinnat†
[< Salishan t'kwinnat]
Pacific Coast
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a large salmon, Onchorhynchus tshawytscha, of the Pacific Coast, much valued as a game fish.
See: Chinook salmon
Quotations
1907
They are the king salmon or quinnat, a large fish running up to over 80 lb., known also as the spring salmon. . . .
1947
The Quinnat or spring salmon weighs from 18 to 30 pounds, and its colour is darker than that of the sockeye.