Noun: chinook shu'nûk- A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
- chinook wind, snow eater - Pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
- chinook salmon, king salmon - Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
- chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Noun: Chinook shi'nûk- A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
- Chinookan, Chinookan language, Chinook language - 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 |