Candlefish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beshow \Be*show"\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
     A large food fish ({Anoplopoma fimbria}) of the north Pacific
     coast; -- called also {candlefish}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Candlefish \Can"dle*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     (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.
         [1913 Webster]