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chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning | |
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Chinook Jargon, Oregon Jargon, Chinook | a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America | |
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chinook, chinook wind, snow eater | a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies | |
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chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon | pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon | |
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Chinookan, Chinook | a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook | |
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Chinook | 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 |