chinook salmon
- noun
- /ʃɪˈnʊk ˈsælmən/
- US
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salmón chinook
- We'd started out the day expecting to fish for a great gamefish, the chinook salmon.
- chinook salmon and trout
- chinook salmon and steelhead
Examples
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Many fishermen travel to the Pacific coast to catch the delicious chinook salmon during the annual spawning season.
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The restaurant's special tonight features grilled chinook salmon, seasoned with herbs and served with vegetables.
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Local regulations protect the chinook salmon population, ensuring their continued availability for future generations.
Synonyms
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A large salmon from the Pacific Ocean often eaten as food
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A very large Pacific salmon valued as food that dies after spawning
A large Pacific salmon called king salmon that people eat and that lays eggs and then dies
A large Pacific fish eaten for its rich meat that lays eggs and then dies
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward noun-noun compound where 'chinook' specifies the species and 'salmon' names the fish/meat; the meaning 'a type of salmon (the pink or white flesh of a large Pacific salmon)' is directly derivable from the constituents. Such species + noun compounds are compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.
Etymology
Chinook salmon: The name Chinook salmon comes from the Chinook people who lived along the Pacific rivers where this large salmon was common. Because the fish was so big and valuable it was often called the 'king' of fish, so today chinook salmon means the large Pacific salmon species.