candlefish

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candlefish

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From candle + fish.

noun candlefishes · 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.
Similar: eulachon, hooligan

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@misc{candlefish_2026,
  title = {candlefish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/candlefish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}