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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

cheguen Coho salmon, silver salmon, silversides, fallfish, king salmon

chek'or periwinkle

chenoh rockfish, red cod, rock cod

cherhkerh chum salmon

chkwohl steelhead

chperger' razor clam

hehlkuesleg smelt, surf fish

hekwo'l butter clam

hekwo'l so'n oyster

herrner' barnacle

heweeye'm dentalium shell, 2 inch

he'woy surf fish

hlpergerp' flounder

kaames evil water creature, shark

kahkah green sturgeon

keges dried surf fish, dried smelt

keptoh horseneck clam, Washington clam

kergerpeehl dentalium shell, 2 1/2 inch

kerhkerh small turtle

kerhlkerh crayfish, Klamath signal crayfish

ke'ween eel

knewolek sea serpent

koyaak'w starfish

ko'ses crab

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

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

kwo'ro'r candlefish

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

lohtuen lingcod, snapper

meeeks raag back string of an eel or sturgeon

mekwcheg snail

merner's fish skin

mer'erx gills

mer'lues a small bony river fish, sucker fish

meskwerek the poisonous entrails of an eel

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

me'woo a fish (sp.)

mokwchech nightfish

neeneepek'w sucker fish

neeneepuech' 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

nepuy salmon

nepuyonah salmon

nerrgr barnacles

nospew skate, a character in creation stories

paamew octopus

paamoh kelp (seaweed)

paamues octopus

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

peeshkaahl nee ke'm 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'eeh 'ue-'wers mussel shell

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

sechkes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

seekwer' stickerback, a kind of trout 2.5 " long with stickers on them

seksoh shell of any shellfish, sea shell

sekwsew quahog clam

sewok anchovies

sloyhl dried eel

smegech white sturgeon

tegeto' sea eggs (sea urchin)

tego'oh dentalium shell, 2 5/16 inch, a character in creation stories

tekwsa'r heart of salmon, uvula

terhkurn fish head, salmon head

terkwterm dentalium shell

tetome'l white salmon, about to die after spawning

tuuek tail of fish, salmon tail

twerrnee'sh spawning salmon

wahkwehl perch (fish)

wechew sea urchin

wegah dentalium shell, 2 1/8 inch

werhlkeehl kelp

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

yer' abalone shell, haliotis

yer'erner' abalone shell, haliotis

'aamoh sea eel

'erncherh abalone shell

'ohpos king salmon

'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)

'weryken fat part of fish between fins and gills

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

'yerrner' barnacle, shell of shellfish