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plural of Chinook n. a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies n. a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settle…

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  1. plural of Chinook n. a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies n. 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 n. large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning