[N. Amer. Indian: Clatsop ikwínna, ikwúnna, Chinook ikwána (Gibbs Chinook Vocab. 1863).] The king-salmon; the Californian, Columbian, or Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus chouicha or quinnat) of the N. Pacific coast.
1829. Sir J. Richardson, Fauna Bor. Amer., 219. This salmon … is known by the name of quinnat.
1859. Cooper & Suckley, Nat. Hist., 322. The quinnat … is by far the most valuable salmon of any species found in Oregon.
