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Word: Candlefish
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
so named because the Chinook Indians formerly burnt the oily bodies of these fish as candles
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Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small edible marine fish with oily flesh, occurring on the west coast of North America.
Short Definition:small edible marine fish with oily flesh
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