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    CHINOOK SALMON

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawningplay

    Synonyms:

    chinook; chinook salmon; king salmon; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; quinnat salmon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("chinook salmon" is a kind of...):

    salmon (any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn)

    Meronyms (parts of "chinook salmon"):

    chinook; chinook salmon; king salmon (pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon)

    Holonyms ("chinook salmon" is a member of...):

    genus Oncorhynchus; Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmonplay

    Synonyms:

    chinook; chinook salmon; king salmon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("chinook salmon" is a kind of...):

    salmon (flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae)

    Holonyms ("chinook salmon" is a part of...):

    chinook; chinook salmon; king salmon; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; quinnat salmon (large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning)

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