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                            chinook
                        
                                                
                        
                            chinook wind
                        
                                                
                        
                            snow eater
                        
                                                
                    
                    Definition: a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
                                                
                        
                            Chinook
                        
                                                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    Definition: 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
                                                
                        
                            chinook
                        
                                                
                        
                            chinook salmon
                        
                                                
                        
                            king salmon
                        
                                                
                        
                            quinnat salmon
                        
                                                
                        
                            Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
                        
                                                
                                                    
                
                    
                    Definition: large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
Definition: The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.
Definition: A member of this Native American people.