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1800–10, Americanism; < Chinook Jargon, probably < Clatsop (a division of the Lower Chinook once resident on the south bank of the Columbia and the adjacent coast) u-λalxwə́(n), said to mean “brook trout”
1800–10, Americanism; < Chinook Jargon, probably < Clatsop (a division of the Lower Chinook once resident on the south bank of the Columbia and the adjacent coast) u-λalxwə́(n), said to mean “brook trout”
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Eulachon
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| eulachon or eulachan (ˈjuːləˌkɒn) | |
| —n , pl -chons, -chon, -chans, -chan | |
| another name for candlefish | |
| [from Chinook Jargon ulâkân] | |
| eulachan or eulachan | |
| —n | |
| [from Chinook Jargon ulâkân] | |
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