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oolachen

oolachen 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 oolachen

pluraloolachens

Questions about oolachen

What is oolachen the alternative form of?
Oolachen is the alternative form of eulachon.

Words near oolachen in the dictionary

  1. ooky-spooky
  2. ool
  3. Oola
  4. oolachan
  5. oolachans
  6. oolachen
  7. oolachens
  8. oolacunta
  9. oolacuntas
  10. oolak
  11. oolakan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oolachen (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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