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olachen

olachen is the alternative form of eulachon.

Meaning of eulachon

Noun

eulachon (plural eulachons)

  1. Synonym of candlefish.
    • The Tsimshian Indians of British Columbia observe certain ceremonies when the first olachen fish of the season are caught.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 254
    Synonyms:
    candlefish

Forms of olachen

pluralolachens

Questions about olachen

What is olachen the alternative form of?
Olachen is the alternative form of eulachon.

Words near olachen in the dictionary

  1. ol'
  2. Ol.
  3. ola
  4. Ola hu Uber
  5. olacaceous
  6. olachen
  7. oladi
  8. Oladipo
  9. oladyi
  10. Olaf
  11. olaflur

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Adapted from Wiktionary: olachen (page history and authors); eulachon (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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