DCHP-3

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.

Quotations

1953
Before the coming of the railway to Prince Rupert, oolachan was considered a delicacy, "the Skeena turkey."