[ますのすけ;マスノスケ, masunosuke ; masunosuke] (n) (uk) chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); king salmon; tyee salmon; Columbia River salmon; black salmon; chub salmon; hook bill salmon; winter salmon; spring salmon; quinnat salmon; blackmouth [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chinook \Chi*nook"\, n.
1. (Ethnol.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now
living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of
flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called {Flathead
Indians}.
[1913 Webster]
2. A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks,
sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains,
in Montana and the adjacent territory.
[1913 Webster]
3. A jargon of words from various languages (the largest
proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks)
generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the
northwestern territories of the United States.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chinook
n 1: a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the
Rockies [syn: {chinook}, {chinook wind}, {snow eater}]
2: 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
3: pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon [syn: {chinook
salmon}, {chinook}, {king salmon}]
4: a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook [syn: {Chinookan},
{Chinook}]
5: large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after
spawning [syn: {chinook}, {chinook salmon}, {king salmon},
{quinnat salmon}, {Oncorhynchus tshawytscha}]
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