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candlefish |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beshow \Be*show"\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A large food fish ({Anoplopoma fimbria}) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also {candlefish}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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