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Skeena turkey
[< Skeena River, B.C.]
Pacific Coast and Northwest, Slang
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a small fish, Thaleicthys pacificus, of the smelt family, native to the Pacific coast.
See: oolichan
Quotations
1953
Before the coming of the railway to Prince Rupert, oolachan was considered a delicacy, "the Skeena turkey."