QUINNAT SALMON

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Meaning:

Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("quinnat 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 "quinnat salmon"):

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

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

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