Definition of "quinnat" []

• Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, the chinook salmon. (noun)

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• "The quinnat is the largest member of the genus, closely resembles _salar_ in appearance and surpasses him in size."
• "These species may be called the quinnat or king salmon, the blue-back salmon or red-fish, the silver salmon, the dog salmon, and the hump-back salmon, or _Oncorhynchus chouicha, nerka, kisutch, keta_, and _gorbuscha_."
• "1 All the species of salmon on the Pacific coast may be reduced to five, belonging to the one genus Oncorhyncus: (1) O. chavicha, or quinnat, called "quinnat" and"