1. A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
   "The chinook wind rapidly melted the snow, living up to its 'snow eater' nickname";
   - chinook wind, snow eater
    
2. Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
   "The fishermen caught a 40-pound chinook in the Columbia River";
   - chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
    
3. Pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
   "The fishmonger recommended the chinook salmon for its rich flavour";
   - chinook salmon, king salmon

1. A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
   - Chinookan, Chinookan language, Chinook language
    
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

Derived forms: Chinooks, chinooks

Type of: air current, current of air, Penutian, salmon, wind

Part of: genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus

Encyclopedia: Chinook, Montana