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CHINOOK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
Synonyms:
chinook; chinook salmon; king salmon; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; quinnat salmon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chinook" is a kind of...):
salmon (any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn)
Meronyms (parts of "chinook"):
chinook; chinook salmon; king salmon (pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon)
Holonyms ("chinook" is a member of...):
genus Oncorhynchus; Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
Synonyms:
Chinook; Chinookan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Chinook" is a kind of...):
Penutian (a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
Synonyms:
chinook; chinook salmon; king salmon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("chinook" is a kind of...):
salmon (flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae)
Holonyms ("chinook" is a part of...):
chinook; chinook salmon; king salmon; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; quinnat salmon (large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning)
Sense 4
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Chinook" is a kind of...):
Penutian (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
Synonyms:
chinook; chinook wind; snow eater
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("chinook" is a kind of...):
air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)
