a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
[ Syn: chinook wind , snow eater ]
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
[ Syn: chinook ]
pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
[ Syn: chinook salmon , king salmon ]
a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
[ Syn: chinook salmon , king salmon , quinnat salmon , oncorhynchus tshawytscha ]