Large Pacific salmon valued as food, adults die after spawning
English: chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
chinookEnglish
chinook, Chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, Chinookan
Noun
A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
English: Chinookan, Chinook
Pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
English: chinook salmon, chinook, king salmon
2 more noun senses
A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
English: chinook, 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
English: Chinook