chinook

chinook

名词 chinook:

a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

同义词：chinook wind, snow eater

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

pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon

同义词：chinook salmon, king salmon

a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook

同义词：Chinookan

large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

同义词：chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha