Mykiss

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mykiss \My"kiss\, n. [Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name.]
     (Zool.)
     A salmon ({Salmo mykiss}, syn. {Salmo purpuratus}) marked
     with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the
     rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; --
     called also {black-spotted trout}, {cutthroat trout}, and


     {redthroat trout}.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]