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tyee salmon 
a Chinook salmon, especially one over a specified weight. See tyee (def. 3) 1958 quote.
See also: tyee (def. 3)
- 1907 The king or tyee, quinnat, spring or chinook salmon (O. tschawytscha) 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.
- 1961 . . . Alberni Inlet [is] famed for its big Tyee salmon.
- 1907 The king or tyee, quinnat, spring or chinook salmon (O. tschawytscha) 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.