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charkoo dried fish head, gills

chechekw fin of fish, bone of fish, small fish bones

chegel' seaweed, edible seaweed, sea lettuce, Porphyra, wide summer seaweed

cheguen fallfish, king salmon

chek'or periwinkle

chenoh red cod

chkwohl steelhead

chperger' razor clam

hehlkuesleg live surf fish, smelt

hekwol' butter clam

hekwol' son' oyster

heweeyem' dentalium shell, 2 inch

hewoy surf fish

hlpergerp' flounder

herrner' barnacle

kaames evil water creature, shark

kahkah sturgeon

keges dried surf fish

keptoh horseneck clam, Washington clam

ke'ween eel

knewolek sea serpent

koyaakw' starfish

ko'ses crab

kergerpeehl dentalium shell, 2 1/2 inch

kerhkerh small turtle

kerhlkerh

kuernkuern the inside of a salmon's head, gristle in salmon's head

kwo'ror' candlefish

kwerrmeech black chiton, poor man's abalone, soft-shelled abalone, China slipper

lekeeta' backbone (of fish), spine (of fish)

lohtuen lingcod, snapper

mekwchoh sea snail

meskwerek the poisonous entrails of an eel

metkoh gumboot chiton, poor man's abalone, soft-shelled abalone, China slipper

me'woo a fish (sp.)

meeeks raag back string of an eel or sturgeon

mokwchech nightfish

merner's fish skin

mer'lues a small bony river fish, sucker fish

mer'erx gills

neneepekw' sucker fish

neneepuech' sucker fish

nepe'weesh fish (generic)

nepe'woo the first salmon to run (up the Klamath river), a variety of fish, different kinds of fish

nepuey salmon

nospew skate, a mythological character

nerrgr barnacles

paamew octopus

paamoh kelp (seaweed)

paamues octopus

peeshkaahl nee ha'aag 'ue-mep'o sea moss type

peeshkaahl nee kem' seafood

peeshkaahl nee regook sea trout

peeshkaahl 'o koh seafood

peeshka'eek nee ke'ween moray eel

peesh'on scale of fish

pee'eeh mussel

pee'eeyers fresh-water clam, razor clam

perger'erh sea boots (a sea creature)

perrnekeesh dead eel in water

per'erk dried mussel

regok trout, "sometimes translated trout and sometimes minnows"

rohtuen bullhead (fish)

sa'ro' sea anemone

sech dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

sechkes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

seksoh shell of any shellfish, sea shell

sekwsew quahog clam

sloyhl dried eel

smegech white sturgeon

tegeto' sea eggs (sea urchin)

tego'oh dentalium shell, 2 5/16 inch, a mythological character

tektomel' white salmon

tekwsar' heart of salmon, uvula

terhkuen fish head, salmon head

terkwterm dentalium shell

tuuek tail of fish, salmon tail

twerrnee'sh spawning salmon

wahkwehl perch (fish)

wechew sea urchin

wegah dentalium shell, 2 1/8 inch

woolew spawn or eggs of several fish, sturgeon eggs, sturgeon roe

werhlkeehl kelp

yer' abalone shell, haliotis

yer'erner' abalone shell, haliotis

'aamoh sea eel

'ohpos king salmon

'erncherh abalone shell

'uep'es backbone of fish (taken out and dried)

'uep'oy salmon sperm

'wa-rpeesh its nape (of a salmon)

'wahtey sea moss, kelp (seaweed)

'wechoh sea eggs (sea urchin)

'wo'hlp'ey' angelica root, bitter part of a fish

'weryken fat part of fish between fins and gills

'yerrner' barnacle, shell of shellfish