candlefish

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English

Thaleichthys pacificus

Etymology

candle +‎ fish

Noun

candlefish (plural candlefishes or candlefish)

  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.

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