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chinook

[shi-nook, -nook, chi-] / ʃɪˈnʊk, -ˈnuk, tʃɪ- /




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Soto watched as a group of men wearing wetsuits, masks and snorkels swam in Wooley Creek, a tributary of the Salmon River, searching in the clear water for juvenile chinook and coho salmon.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2024

The state’s plan cautions, however, that spring-run chinook may not repopulate their historical habitats on their own because those areas lie more than 100 miles upriver from waters where they survive.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2024

California declared the Klamath population of spring-run chinook threatened in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2024

The team, part of the Karuk tribe’s fisheries program, was searching for juvenile chinook and coho salmon.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2024

He and Harry Secor had worked together to stalk the giant chinook salmon of the Dungeness River.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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