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Webster 1913 Edition

Quinnat

Quin′nat

,

Noun.

[From the native name.]

(Zool.)

The California salmon (

Oncorhynchus choicha

); – called also

chouicha

,

king salmon

,

chinnook salmon

, and

Sacramento salmon

. It is of great commercial importance.

[Written also

quinnet

.]