quinnat salmon

American  

[kwin-at] / ˈkwɪn æt /

noun

1. chinook salmon.

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quinnat salmon British  

/ ˈkwɪnæt /

noun

1. another name for Chinook salmon

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Etymology

Origin of quinnat salmon

1820–30; quinnat < Lower Chinook i-kwanat

Example Sentences

The quinnat salmon, from its great size and abundance, is more valuable than all other fishes on our Pacific coast together.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

It should be placed on a stream where the quinnat salmon actually come to spawn.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

The quinnat salmon ranges along practically the entire Pacific Coast of North America north of Mexico, entering all suitable streams.

From The Salmon Fishery of Penobscot Bay and River in 1895-96 by Smith, Hugh McCormick

The great majority of the quinnat salmon and nearly all blue-back salmon enter the rivers in the spring.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

It has been questioned whether the present hatchery on the Clackamas River actually receives the quinnat salmon in any numbers.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various