Definition of Chinook

Noun: chinook  shu'nûk

1. A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
   - chinook wind, snow eater
    
2. Pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
   - chinook salmon, king salmon
    
3. Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
   - chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

1. A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
   - Chinookan
    
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

See also:
chinones
Chinookan

Anagrams containing the word Chinook

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