king salmon

noun

: chinook salmon

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Frog & Slim 1420 16th St., Suite 300, Sacramento Frog & Slim’s dinner menu includes dishes such as golden beet salad, king salmon and mussel and shrimp piccata pasta, with bread pudding for dessert. — Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025 The Frog & Slim dinner menu, curated by executive chef Christian Viau, includes dishes such as Kobe beef carpaccio, golden beet salad, king salmon, mussel and shrimp piccata pasta and bread pudding. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025 Unsurprisingly, caviar is present in many of the opening dishes, such as an everything bagel tarte (king salmon, crème cru, Saint Urgeon Kaluga caviar) and tamaki egg with barbecued eel and Kaluga Royal Amber caviar. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025 The menu includes: fall greens salad, chicken liver mousse, pickled apple; citrus cured king salmon, radish, sweet corn, Otija cheese. — Roger Sands, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for king salmon

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of king salmon was in 1871

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