Sacramento salmon

Sacramento salmon
Quinnat Quin"nat, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.) The California salmon ({Oncorhynchus choicha}); -- called also {chouicha}, {king salmon}, {chinnook salmon}, and {Sacramento salmon}. It is of great commercial importance. [Written also {quinnet}.] [1913 Webster]

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