chinook

(noun) a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies. Synonyms: chinook wind, snow eater.

(noun) 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. Synonyms: Chinook.

(noun) pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon. Synonyms: chinook salmon, king salmon.

(noun) a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook. Synonyms: Chinookan, Chinook.

(noun) large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning. Synonyms: chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha.