chinook
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- noun
- /ʃɪˈnʊk/
- US
:
salmón chinook
- The primary species harvested will be chinook salmon (Table 2, Fig. 2).
- chinook salmon
- chinook stocks
- chinook run
Examples
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On the menu at the seafood restaurant, the special dish featured grilled chinook served with lemon and herbs.
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We'd started out the day expecting to fish for a great gamefish, the chinook salmon.
Fiction book (1992) -
Of those, roughly 8 to 10 million were adult chinook.
Academic text (2005) -
For this reason alone, identification of the origins of New Zealand chinook stocks would be of interest.
Academic text (1994) -
Immediately, another fish appears, a chinook this time, the biggest and most coveted species of Pacific salmon.
Academic text (1995) -
The shift in production from coho to chinook salmon reflects U.S. consumers' preference for larger sizes of fresh salmon.
Academic text (1990) -
Before 1989, most fresh imports were farmed coho, chinook, and Atlantic salmon.
Academic text (1992) -
With the exception of the winter months, chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawtscha, is the predominant target species.
Academic text (1990) -
Historically, the Columbia produced more chinook and coho salmon and steelhead trout than any other river in the world.
Academic text (2012) -
Native fall-run chinook salmon are extinct in 19 percent of their range; in peril in 61 percent.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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Pink meat from the fish that people cook and eat
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A very large Pacific salmon valued as food that dies after spawning
A large Pacific fish eaten as food that dies after laying eggs
A large Pacific fish eaten for its rich meat that lays eggs and then dies
A large Pacific salmon called king salmon that people eat and that lays eggs and then dies
Compounds
A simple language made from native languages, French, and English used for trade in the Pacific Northwest
- US
A warm dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and quickly raises temperature
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chinook for the large Pacific salmon comes from the name of the Chinook people or the rivers where they lived, because the fish was important there, so Chinook now names this prized, rich-flavored salmon used for food.