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Chinook salmon † 
a large salmon, Onchorhynchus tshawytscha, of the Pacific Coast, much valued as a game fish.
See also: Chinook (def. 4) king salmon quinnat spring salmon tyee (def. 3)
- 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.
- 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.