Common name of Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
 
Common name Saumon chinook
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality Quebec
Ref. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier other/n.a.
2nd modifier
Remarks 'saumon' from Anglo-Norman 'saumoun' (p. 454 in Ref. 11979) from Latin 'salmo, -onis' (p. 672 in Ref. 9404); 'chinook', name used in one of the indigenous languages of North America. Also cited in Ref. 27545.
 
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