Hypertext Webster Gateway: "candlefish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beshow \Be*show"\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large food fish ({Anoplopoma fimbria}) of the north Pacific
coast; -- called also {candlefish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Candlefish \Can"dle*fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A marine fish ({Thaleichthys Pacificus}), allied to the
smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also
{eulachon}. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be
used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it.
(b) The beshow.
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