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skowitz

skowitz noun: the silver salmon.

Noun

skowitz (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete) The silver salmon.

Origin of skowitz

From the fish's name in the Nisqually subdialect of southern Lushootseed.

Questions about skowitz

What does skowitz mean?
Skowitz means the silver salmon.
What part of speech is skowitz?
Skowitz is a noun.

Words near skowitz in the dictionary

  1. skouts
  2. Skov
  3. Skovs
  4. Skow
  5. Skowhegan
  6. skowitz
  7. Skowron
  8. Skowrons
  9. Skowronski
  10. Skowronskis
  11. Skows

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