Dictionary entry
twerr-nee'sh • n • spawning salmon [So called because "when [they] get in [the] creek, [and] stay there long, their scales show rainbow colors'' (Robert Spott, ALK1940:3:99m).]
Lexicon record # 3749 | Source reference(s):
R260 JE116
Semantic
domain: fish and sea life
Short recording (1)
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twerr-nee'sh "spawning salmon" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
