candlefish

noun

Etymology

From candle + fish.

  1. inherited from *peysk- — “fish
  2. inherited from *fiskaz — “fish
  3. inherited from *fisk
  4. inherited from fisċ — “fish
  5. inherited from fisch
  6. compounded as candlefish — “candle + fish

Definitions

  1. An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for candlefish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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