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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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Short-winded today, let's focus on the fishy meaning of chinook.