chinook

n 1: a warm dry wind blowing down the E slopes of the Rockies

[syn: {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 [syn: {Chinook}]

3: pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon [syn: {chinook

salmon}, {king salmon}]

4: a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook people [syn: {Chinookan},

{Chinook}]

5: large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after

spawning [syn: {chinook salmon}, {king salmon}, {quinnat

salmon}, {Onchorynchus tshawtscha}]