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Word of the Day - chinook
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chinook
/ʃɪˈnʊk//tʃɪˈnuːk//ʃɪˈnuːk//tʃɪˈnʊk/
noun
1 A warm dry wind which blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter.
2 A large North Pacific salmon which is an important food fish. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, family Salmonidae
Origin
Mid 19th century: from attributive use of Chinook.
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