oncorhynchus tshawytscha

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   large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

   Synonymschinookchinook salmonking salmonquinnat salmon

   Broadersalmon

   Part ofOncorhynchus

   Partschinook salmon

Questions about oncorhynchus tshawytscha

What does oncorhynchus tshawytscha mean?

oncorhynchus tshawytscha means "large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning".

What is another word for oncorhynchus tshawytscha?

Close synonyms include chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oncorhynchus tshawytscha a common word?

oncorhynchus tshawytscha is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.