Common name | Oolichan |
Language | Chinook |
Dialect | Chinook Wawa |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | British Columbia |
Ref. | Finnegan, B., 1991 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | inanimate object |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Oolichan', a variant of the trade name 'eulachon' (i.e., grease) derived from the Chinook language. Chinook Wawa is a trade jargon (Ref. 124181). Also Ref. 1998. |