chinook salmon

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

noun

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

Chinook salmon

noun

1. a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish Also calledquinnat salmonking salmon

Word History and Origins

Origin of chinook salmon¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

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.

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