Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quinnat

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.

Wiktionary
quinnat

n. ''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'', the chinook salmon.

WordNet

Usage examples of "quinnat".

The quinnat or spring salmon is the largest and best table fish, and is followed in the latter part of the summer by the sockeye, which runs in enormous numbers up the Fraser and Skeena rivers.