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Chinook salmon

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Chinook salmon
n.
A very large, commercially valuable salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) of northern Pacific waters, characterized by irregular black spots on its back. Also called king salmon, quinnat salmon.

Chinook salmon
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish Also called quinnat salmon king salmon
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Noun1.Chinook salmonchinook salmon - pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon, chinook salmon, king salmon, chinook - large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
salmon - flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
2.Chinook salmonchinook salmon - large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
salmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus - Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon
chinook salmon, king salmon, chinook - pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon


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Six years ago, that team showed that diazinon significantly impaired responses by Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) to alarm scents and reduced their success in finding their natal pools.
Many of the streams provide habitat for threatened and endangered fish species, such as bull trout, summer steelhead and sockeye and Chinook salmon.
The central motivating factor of the [conservation plan] was to balance the needs of a million people with protecting seven federally listed threatened or endangered species, in particular bull trout and Chinook salmon," says Ralph Naess, education coordinator for Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), which manages the watershed.
 
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