eulachon
[yoo-luh-kon]
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noun
Origin of eulachon
1800–10, Americanism; < Chinook Jargon, probably < 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”
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Historical Examples of eulachon
The ayu is about as large as the eulachon and has similar flesh, but with little oil and no fragrance.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)David Starr Jordan
eulachon
eulachan
noun plural -chons, -chon, -chans or -chan
Word Origin for eulachon
from Chinook Jargon ulâkân
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