eulachon

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(yo̅o̅lə kon′)


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eu•la•chon  (yo̅o̅lə kon′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fishcandlefish.
  • Clatsop (a division of the Lower Chinook once resident on the south bank of the Columbia and the adjacent coast) u-λalxwə́(n), said to mean "brook trout''
  • Chinook Jargon, probably
  • 1800–10, American.

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