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Definition of candlefish

candlefish
Beshow Be*show", n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish.
Candlefish
Candlefish Can"dle*fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it. (b) The beshow.

Meaning of candlefish from wikipedia

- /ˈuːlɪkɑːn/, ooligan /ˈuːlɪɡən/, hooligan /ˈhuːlɪɡən/), also called the candlefish, is a small anadromous species of smelt that spawns in some of the major...
- Submarine 284 USS Candlefish, thirty years after she disappeared in the Devil's Sea in the Pacific off the Kuriles, toward ****an. The Candlefish surfaces in...
- butterfish (US), black cod (US, UK, Canada), blue cod (UK), bluefish (UK), candlefish (UK), coal cod (UK), snowfish (ปลาหิมะ; Thailand), coalfish (Canada),...
- spotted owl, and Steller's sea lion, though the tidewater goby and the candlefish are believed to have been extirpated from the park in 1968. In recognition...
- Butterflyfish California flyingfish California halibut Canary rockfish Candiru Candlefish Capelin Cardinalfish Cardinal tetra Carp ****shark Carpsucker Catalufa...
- literally be burned like a candle; hence its common nickname of the "candlefish". Today, there are numerous recipes and methods of preparing and cooking...
- was used for candles in Tibet. There is a fish called the eulachon or "candlefish", a type of smelt which is found from Oregon to Alaska. During the 1st...
- early-20th-century source identifies all the following as panfish: yellow perch, candlefish, balaos, sand launces, rock b****, bullheads, minnows, Rocky Mountain whitefish...
- trail "grease trail" after the eulachon oil (extracted from the tiny candlefish) that was the most important item of trade on the Chilkoot side. Each...
- to European colonization, gifts included storable food (oolichan, or candlefish, oil or dried food), canoes, slaves, and ornamental "coppers" among aristocrats...