Candlefish

noun

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Noun

1
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.

Synonyms

eulachon eulachon fish hooligan hooligan

Etymology

From candle + fish.

Related phrases

thaleichthys pacificus

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