Quinnat

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

  Quinnat \Quin"nat\, n. [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}.]
     [1913 Webster]