| NOUN | phenomenon | chinook, chinook wind, snow eater | a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies |
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| person | Chinook | a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river | |
| food | chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon | pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon | |
| communication | Chinook, Chinookan | a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook | |
| animal | chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | large Pacific salmon valued as food |
| Sounds | chih.nuh'k; shihnuh'k | |
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| Rhymes | book / Book ... yearbook: 43 rhymes with uhk... | |
| Meaning | A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies. | |
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| Synonyms | chinook wind, snow eater | |
| Broader | wind, air current, current of air | Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Broader | Penutian | A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages |
| Spanish | Chinook | |
| Meaning | pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon. | |
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| Synonyms | chinook salmon, king salmon | |
| Part of | chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | large Pacific salmon valued as food |
| Broader | salmon | flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae |
| Meaning | A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook. | |
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| Synonym | Chinookan | |
| Broader | Penutian | A family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California |
| Spanish | chinook | |
| Meaning | large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning. | |
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| Synonyms | chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | |
| Member of | Oncorhynchus, genus Oncorhynchus | Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon |
| Parts | chinook salmon, chinook, king salmon | pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon |
| Broader | salmon | Any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters |
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