Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The candle-fish, Thaleichthys pacificus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The candlefish. [Written also
oulachan ,oolacan , andulikon .] Seecandlefish .
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- noun A small edible fish of North America,
Thaleichthys pacificus ; thecandlefish .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The NOAA Fisheries Service said Tuesday that the fish also known as eulachon or candlefish will be listed as a threatened species.
Fore, right! The Associated Press 2010
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The distributions of forage fishes including Pacific herring, capelin, eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus), and juvenile Pacific cod and pollock indicate temperature-related differences [65].
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The Canadian government is reviewing the status of eulachon in Canada under the Species at Risk Act. In B.C., no river has suffered a larger decline than the Fraser, where stocks fell from
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Terry Slack stood on the banks of the Fraser River, hands jammed into jean pockets and his perpetual smile faded as he recalled the vanished eulachon run.
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Fisheries Service listed all eulachon that spawn south of the Canadian border as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. U.S. officials said B.C. stocks are part of the same population group.
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This year, tired of writing letters and making phone calls to politicians that seem to go nowhere, he is taking direct action - and one bucket at a time is hauling pea gravel to sites along the Fraser where eulachon might spawn.
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Mr. Slack, a director of the Fraser River Coalition, a non-profit society dedicated to conservation issues, has been trying to raise awareness about the importance of the eulachon run for decades.
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So spring after spring, he walks the banks of the Fraser, watching for the small, dark forms of eulachon breaching the surface.
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A similar closure was issued by the USDA Forest Service for the Burroughs Bay eulachon in 2006, 2007, and 2008.
unknown title 2009
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- Ketchikan-Misty Fiords District Ranger Lynn Kolund has announced that he is acting immediately to protect eulachon stocks in the Burroughs Bay / Unuk River area north of Ketchikan.
unknown title 2009
asativum commented on the word eulachon
Pronounced hooligan, at least where I've heard it pronounced in Southeast Alaska, near a big spawning ground. Or rather, spawning water.
June 19, 2011
charlieh7 commented on the word eulachon
When Caesar crossed the Rubicon, he didn't cross a eulachon.
May 24, 2014