eulachon

[ yoo-luh-kon ]

Origin of eulachon

1
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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British Dictionary definitions for eulachon

eulachon

eulachan

/ (ˈjuːləˌkɒn) /


nounplural -chons, -chon, -chans or -chan
  1. another name for candlefish

Origin of eulachon

1
from Chinook Jargon ulâkân

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