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Noun: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
  1. Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
    "The fishermen caught a 40-pound Oncorhynchus tshawytscha in the Columbia River";
    - chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon

Type of: salmon

Part of: genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus

Encyclopedia: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha