Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quinnat \Quin"nat\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The California salmon ({Oncorhynchus choicha}); -- called
   also {chouicha}, {king salmon}, {chinnook salmon}, and
   {Sacramento salmon}. It is of great commercial importance.
   [Written also {quinnet}.]