Chinook
/ʃɪnˈʊk/
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Noun
a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
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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
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pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
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a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
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large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning