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candlefishes

candlefishes is the plural of candlefish.

Meaning of candlefish

Noun

candlefish (plural candlefishes or candlefish)

  1. An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
    Synonyms:
    eulachon, hooligan

Questions about candlefishes

What is candlefishes the plural of?
Candlefishes is the plural of candlefish.

Words near candlefishes in the dictionary

  1. candlebox
  2. candleboxes
  3. candlebush
  4. candled
  5. candlefish
  6. candlefishes
  7. candleflame
  8. candleflames
  9. candleglow
  10. candleglows
  11. candleholder

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candlefishes (page history and authors); candlefish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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