chinook
(noun)
noun
1. a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
Definition categories: phenomenon, wind
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
Definition categories: person, penutian
3. pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
Definition categories: food, salmon
4. a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
Similar word(s): chinookan
Definition categories: communication, penutian
5. large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning