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chinook jargon
noun(Chinook jargon)
a pidgin language based on Chinook and other Indian languages, French, and English and formerly used as a lingua franca in the northwestern U.S. and on the Pacific coast of Canada and Alaska
chinook jargon
noun(Chinook jargon)
a member of an American Indian people of the north shore of the Columbia River at its mouth
chinook jargon
noun(Chinook jargon)
a Chinookan language of the Chinook and other nearby peoples
chinook jargon
noun(Chinook jargon)
a warm moist southwest wind of the coast from Oregon northward
chinook jargon
noun(Chinook jargon)
a large, usually red-fleshed, commercially important salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) of the northern Pacific Ocean that is typically bluish-green above with silvery sides, has a dark mouth with black gums, and attains an average weight of about 30 to 40 pounds (13.5 to 18 kilograms) but may sometimes exceed 120 pounds (54 kilograms) —called also black salmon, king salmon

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