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Chum salmon

//tʃʌm ˈsæmən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A salmon species, Oncorhynchus keta.
  2. 2
    a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish wordnet

Etymology

From Chinook Jargon tzum (“spotted, marked”) (from Chinook) + English salmon.

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