candlefish
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
candlefish (plural candlefishes or candlefish)
- 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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Thaleichthys pacificus
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