candlefish

noun

candlefish

noun

Etymology From candle + fish.

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, hooligan

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