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eulachon

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eu⋅la⋅chon

  [yoo-luh-kon]
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–noun
candlefish.
Origin:
1800–10, Americanism; < Chinook Jargon, prob. < 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”

can⋅dle⋅fish

  [kan-dl-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
1. Also called eulachon. a small, edible, smeltlike fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, of northwestern coastal waters of North America, being so oily that when dried it can be used as a candle.
2. sablefish.
Origin:
1880–85; candle + fish
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can·dle·fish   (kān'dl-fĭsh')   
n.   pl. candlefish or can·dle·fish·es
An oily edible fish (Thaleichthys pacificus) of northern Pacific waters, formerly dried and used as a torch by Native Americans. Also called eulachon.
eu·la·chon   (yōō'lə-kŏn')   
n.   pl. eulachon or eu·la·chons
See candlefish.

[Chinook Jargon vlâkân.]
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