Chinook salmon

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.

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