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单词 eulachon
释义

eulachon

[ yoo-luh-kon ]
/ ˈyu ləˌkɒn /

noun

candlefish.

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”

Words nearby eulachon

Eukaryota, Eukaryotae, eukaryote, eukinetics, EULA, eulachon, Eulenburg's disease, Eulenspiegel, Euler, Euler-Chelpin, Euler's circles
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Example sentences from the Web for 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

British Dictionary definitions for eulachon

eulachon

eulachan

/ (ˈjuːləˌkɒn) /

noun plural -chons, -chon, -chans or -chan

another name for candlefish

Word Origin for eulachon

from Chinook Jargon ulâkân
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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