the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See quinnat.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as chavicha.
Word Usage
"These species may be called the quinnat or king salmon, the blue-back salmon or red-fish, the silver salmon, the dog salmon, and the hump-back salmon, or _Oncorhynchus chouicha, nerka, kisutch, keta_, and _gorbuscha_."