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Noun: chinook salmon
  1. Pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
    - chinook, king salmon
     
  2. Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
    - chinook, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Derived forms: chinook salmon

Type of: salmon

Part of: genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus

Encyclopedia: Chinook salmon