CHINOOK

• (noun) large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

  synonyms : chinook salmon , king salmon , oncorhynchus tshawytscha , quinnat salmon

• (noun) a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook

  synonyms : chinookan

• (noun) pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon

  synonyms : chinook salmon , king salmon

• (noun) a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes

• (noun) a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

  synonyms : chinook wind , snow eater

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