Chinook salmon love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A large salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) native to northern Pacific waters and stocked in the Great Lakes, characterized by irregular black spots on the back and tail fin.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as quinnat.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
  • noun large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

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