The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
WordNet
n. pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon [syn: chinook salmon, chinook]
large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning [syn: chinook, chinook salmon, quinnat salmon, Onchorynchus tshawtscha]
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 343
Land area (2000): 169.551729 sq. miles (439.136944 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.404519 sq. miles (3.637688 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 170.956248 sq. miles (442.774632 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39630
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 58.690079 N, 156.660586 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
King Salmon
Wikipedia
King Salmon may refer to:
- Chinook salmon, fish
- King Salmon: The Big Catch, a 1992 video game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
is a 1992 Sega Genesis/Mega Drive fishing video game that was developed by HOT・B/Sage's Creation and was released by Vic Tokai in North America.
Usage examples of "king salmon".
A New Zealand company called King Salmon was develop- ing biofish, but word about two-headed and lump-covered fish leaked out, and the press whipped the public into a frenzy.
Together they had hauled two seventy-pound monsters out of Halibut Hole and taken the deep-running king salmon out of the channel off Sitka.