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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUINNAT

Quin "nat, n. Etym: [From the native name. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha ); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance. [Written also quinnet.]