eulachon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of eulachon
1800–10, < 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”
Example Sentences
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But the fine-mesh nets that catch shrimp also catch eulachon.
From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2022
But they diversify their diet through the year, also eating coho, eulachon or smelt, Pacific cod, pollock, flounder and shrimp.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2021
These days, however, the population of California’s eulachon fishery is crashing.
From Slate • Sep. 4, 2020
Shaffer has spotted a range of new species in the estuary’s ponds, such as bull trout, redside shiner, and slender eulachon.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 26, 2016
Marine creatures such as eulachon, or candlefish, and Dungeness crab have been documented in the estuary for the first time in decades.
From Washington Times • Jul. 5, 2014
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