Meaning Of The Word Candlefish

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candlefish in American English
a small, oily, edible smelt fish (Thaleichthys pacificus) of the N Pacific: when dried it can be burned as a candle
noun: a small, edible, smeltlike fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, of northwestern coastal waters of North America, being so oily that when dried it can be used as a candle

candlefish in British English
noun: a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh

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