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nepuy salmon

kahkah sturgeon

ke'win eel

'wo'hlp'e'y angelica root, bitter part of a fish

pi'ih mussel

regok trout, "sometimes translated trout and sometimes minnows"

tuuk tail of fish, salmon tail

chprgr' razor clam

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

ko'ses crab

mekwchoh sea snail

trhkun fish head, salmon head

chege'l seaweed, edible seaweed, sea lettuce, Porphyra, wide summer seaweed

pish'on scale of fish

rohtun

sa'ro' sea anemone

sloyhl dried eel

keges dried surf fish

keptoh horseneck clam, Washington clam

kwo'ro'r candlefish

mr'lus a small bony river fish, sucker fish

mr'rx gills

pi'iyrs fresh-water clam, razor clam

pr'rk dried mussel

chegun fallfish, king salmon

knewolek sea serpent

koyaak'w starfish

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

nenipuch' sucker fish

paamew octopus

prrnekish dead eel in water

sekwsew quahog clam

yr'rnr' abalone shell, haliotis

'wryken fat part of fish between fins and gills

charkoo dried fish head, gills

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

chek'or periwinkle

chenoh red cod

chkwohl steelhead

hehlkusleg live surf fish, smelt

hekwo'l butter clam

hekwo'l so'n oyster

hewiye'm dentalium shell, 2 inch

hewoy surf fish

hlprgrp' flounder

hrrnr' barnacle

kaames evil water creature, shark

krgrpihl dentalium shell, 2 1/2 inch

krhkrh small turtle

krhlkrh small turtle, crab

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

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

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

lohtun lingcod, snapper

meskwerek the poisonous entrails of an eel

me'woo a fish (sp.)

miiks raag back string of an eel or sturgeon

mokwchech nightfish

mrnr's fish skin

nenipek'w sucker fish

nepe'wish fish (generic)

nospew skate, a mythological character

nrrgr barnacles

paamoh kelp (seaweed)

paamus octopus

pishkaahl ni ha'aag 'u-mep'o sea moss type

pishkaahl ni ke'm seafood

pishkaahl ni regook sea trout

pishkaahl 'o koh seafood

pishka'ik ni ke'win moray eel

prgr'rh sea boots (a sea creature)

sech dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

sechkes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

seksoh shell of any shellfish, sea shell

smegech white sturgeon

tegeto' sea eggs (sea urchin)

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

tektome'l white salmon

tekwsa'r heart of salmon, uvula

trkwtrm dentalium shell

twrrni'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

wrhlkihl kelp

yr' abalone shell, haliotis

'aamoh sea eel

'ohpos king salmon

'rnchrh abalone shell

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

'up'oy salmon sperm

'wa-rpish its nape (of a salmon)

'wahtey sea moss, kelp (seaweed)

'wechoh sea eggs (sea urchin)

'yrrnr' barnacle, shell of shellfish