noun
pl. -·ees or -·ee any landlocked population of the sockeye salmon of W North America
Origin of kokanee
probably after Kokanee Creek, stream in British Columbiakokanee
ko·kan·ee kokanee
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kokanee
noun
A small, landlocked sockeye salmon, often stocked in lakes.
Origin of kokanee
Perhaps from Shuswap (Salishan language of British Columbia) kəkn&aeacute;xwTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural kokanees)
- A lacustrine (that is, land-locked, found in lakes and not in the ocean) sockeye.
Origin
From Shuswap keknǽxʷ.
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