chinooks in English
noun
1
a warm dry wind that blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter.
In Alberta, Canada, those complaints revolve around chinooks , the warm winds that sweep the area during winter.
2
a large North Pacific salmon that is an important commercial food fish.
Its year-round fishing was about as good as it gets - until three prime species ended up listed under the Endangered Species Act (coho salmon, chinook salmon and steelhead).
noun
chinook salmonking salmon
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1. Chinooks are only available in North America right now
2. Chinooks are still working for recognition from other major kennel clubs.
3. As she looked up into the spotlight and the rope ladder unfurled she thought the Chinooks had come for her.