Definition of Quinnat

1. n. The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance.

Definition of Quinnat

1. Noun. ''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'', the chinook salmon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quinnat

1. a food fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Quinnat

1. The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance. Alternative forms: quinnet. Origin: From the native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quinnat

quinines
quining
quininic
quininic acid
quininism
quininize
quininized
quininizes
quininizing
quinins
quinism
quinisocaine
quinizarin
quinizine
quinizines
quinnat (current term)
quinnat salmon
quinnats
quinoa
quinoas
quinocide
quinocide hydrochloride
quinoestradiol
quinogen
quinoid
quinoidal
quinoidine
quinoids
quinol
quinolin

Literary usage of Quinnat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1851)
"The quinnat is evidently the ' Common Salmon' of Lewis and Clarke. These travellers mention the first arrival of the Salmon at the ..."

2. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1850)
"The quinnat is evidently the ' Common Salmon' of Lewis and Clarke. These travellers mention the first arrival of the Salmon at the ..."

3. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1859)
"The quinnat is evidently the ' Common Salmon' of Lewis and Clarke. These travellers mention the first arrival of the Salmon at the ..."

4. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"At first only the quinnat salmon was packed; afterwards the red salmon and the silver ... The wholesale price in 1903 was for quinnat salmon $5.60 per case, ..."

5. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"... Salmo quinnat, Richards. Faun. Bor.-Amer. iii. p. 219. [?Girard in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1856, viii. p. 217; and in Pac. RR Ecp. Fish. p. ..."

6. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"SALMO quinnat, Richards. PLATE LXVII. SPEC. CHAR.—Body fusiform in profile, ... Salmo quinnat, RICHARDS. Faun. Bor. Amer. Ill, 1836,219.—DEKAY, New Y. Faun. ..."

7. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"Only the quinnat has been noticed south of San Francisco. ... Of these species, the quinnat and blue-back salmon habitually " run" in the spring; ..."

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