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charkoo dried fish head, gills

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

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

chegun fallfish, king salmon

chek'or periwinkle

chenoh red cod

chkwohl steelhead

chprgr' razor clam

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

kahkah sturgeon

keges dried surf fish

keptoh

ke'win eel

knewolek sea serpent

koyaak'w starfish

ko'ses crab

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

kwo'ro'r candlefish

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

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

lohtun 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.)

miiks raag back string of an eel or sturgeon

mokwchech nightfish

mrnr's fish skin

mr'lus a small bony river fish, sucker fish

mr'rx gills

nenipek'w sucker fish

nenipuch' sucker fish

nepe'wish fish (generic)

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

nepuy salmon

nospew skate, a mythological character

nrrgr barnacles

paamew octopus

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

pish'on scale of fish

pi'ih mussel

pi'iyrs fresh-water clam, razor clam

prgr'rh sea boots (a sea creature)

prrnekish dead eel in water

pr'rk dried mussel

regok trout, "sometimes translated trout and sometimes minnows"

rohtun 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

tektome'l white salmon

tekwsa'r heart of salmon, uvula

trhkun fish head, salmon head

trkwtrm dentalium shell

tuuk tail of fish, salmon tail

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

yr'rnr' 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)

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

'wryken fat part of fish between fins and gills

'yrrnr' barnacle, shell of shellfish