candlefish

n. [鱼]蜡烛鱼(产于北太平洋的一种食用小鱼,富油质,干革命鱼可作烛用)

词形变化

candlefishes 复数 candlefishes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.

词源

From candle + fish.

来源：wiktionary