Common name | Salmon chinook |
Language | Spanish |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Spain |
Locality | |
Ref. | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | behavior |
1st modifier | other/n.a. |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Salmon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979); 'chinook', originally used in one of the First Nations languages of North America. |