EULACHON

Meaning of EULACHON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈyü-lə-ˌkän, -li-kən ]

noun

( plural eulachon or eulachons )

Etymology: Chinook Jargon ulâkân, probably from Lower Chinook u-ƛalχ w ə́n

Date: 1807

: candlefish

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

EULACHON — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Chinook Jargon ulâkân, probably from Lower Chinook u-λ̄alχwə́n Date: 1807 candlefish
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EULACHON — noun also eu·la·chan ˈyüləˌkän, -lə̇kən ; or oo·la·chan ˈü- ( plural eulachon or eulachons also eulachan or eulachans or oolachan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EULACHON — (n.) The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish.
Английский словарь Webster
EULACHON — ( n. ) The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EULACHON — /yooh"leuh kon'/ , n. candlefish. [ 1800-10, Amer.; ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EULACHON — noun the candlefish. [written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] ·see candlefish.
Webster English vocab
EULACHON — [ 'ju:ləkɒn ] ■ noun ( plural same) another term for candlefish . Origin C19: from Lower Chinook.
Concise Oxford English vocab
EULACHON — [eu.la.chon] n, pl eulachon or eulachons [Chinook Jargon ulakan] (1807): an anadromous marine food fish (Thaleichthys pacificus) of the north …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EULACHON — also called Candlefish, species of smelt (q.v.).
Britannica English vocabulary
EULACHON — тихоокеанская корюшка, талеихт (Thaleichtys pacificus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
EULACHON — тихоокеанская корюшка, талеихт ( Thaleichtys pacificus )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
EULACHON — n. Pronunciation: ' yü-l ə - ˌ kän, -li-k ə n Function: noun Inflected Form: plural eulachon or eulachons Etymology: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SMELT — Any of certain slender, silvery, carnivorous, food fishes (family Osmeridae) having a small fleshy fin. Smelts live in cold northern …
Английский словарь Британика
NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN — Any member of the North American Indian peoples inhabiting a narrow but rich belt of coastland and offshore islands from …
Английский словарь Британика
EULACHAN — noun see eulachon
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OOLACHAN — variant of eulachon
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANDLEFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷d ə lˌfish noun Etymology: so called from the use of the fish as a candle by American Indians 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OULACHAN — (n.) Same as Eulachon.
Английский словарь Webster
CANDLEFISH — (n.) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. …
Английский словарь Webster
OULACHAN — ( n. ) Same as Eulachon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANDLEFISH — ( n. ) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OOLACHAN — /ooh"leuh kahn'/ , n. , pl. oolachans , ( esp. collectively ) oolachan . Chiefly Canadian. eulachon.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANDLEFISH — /kan"dl fish'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) candlefish , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANDLEFISH — noun Date: 1866 : a very oily anadromous marine food fish ( Thaleichthys pacificus ) of the smelt family that …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OULACHAN — noun ·same·as eulachon.
Webster English vocab
CANDLEFISH — noun the beshow. 2. candlefish ·noun a marine fish (thaleichthys pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north pacific …
Webster English vocab
CANDLEFISH — [can.dle.fish] n (1881): eulachon
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SMELT — any of certain silvery, chiefly marine food fishes, family Osmeridae, closely related to salmon and trout and found in cold …
Britannica English vocabulary
CANDLEFISH — also called Eulachon, species of smelt (q.v.).
Britannica English vocabulary
TSIMSHIAN — also spelled Chimmesyan, Indians of the North Pacific Coast of North America, inhabiting the mainland and islands around the Skeena …
Britannica English vocabulary
NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN — Distribution of Northwest Coast Indians. member of any of the aboriginal North American peoples inhabiting a narrow belt of Pacific …
Britannica English vocabulary
BELLA COOLA — North Pacific Coast Indians whose villages were located in what is now the central British Columbia coast, along the upper …
Britannica English vocabulary

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