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oulakan

oulakan 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 oulakan

pluraloulakans

Questions about oulakan

What is oulakan the alternative form of?
Oulakan is the alternative form of eulachon.

Words near oulakan in the dictionary

  1. oul' wans
  2. oulachan
  3. oulachans
  4. oulachon
  5. oulachons
  6. oulakan
  7. oulakans
  8. ould
  9. ould fella
  10. ould fellas
  11. ould one

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oulakan (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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