Chinook - Definition
chinook
n 1: a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the
Rockies [syn: chinook, chinook wind, snow eater]
2: 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
3: pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon [syn: chinook
salmon, chinook, king salmon]
4: a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook [syn: Chinookan,
Chinook]
5: large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after
spawning [syn: chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon,
quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha]