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char-koo dried fish head, gills

che-chekw fin of fish, bone of fish, small fish bones

che-ge'l seaweed, edible seaweed, sea lettuce, Porphyra, wide summer seaweed

che-guen Coho salmon, silver salmon, silversides, fallfish, king salmon

chek-'or periwinkle

che-noh rockfish, red cod, rock cod

cherh-kerh chum salmon

chkwohl steelhead

chper-ger' razor clam

hehl-kues-leg smelt, surf fish

he-kwo'l butter clam

he-kwo'l so'n oyster

herr-ner' barnacle

he-wee-ye'm dentalium shell, 2 inch

he'-woy surf fish

hlper-gerp' flounder

kaa-mes evil water creature, shark

kah-kah green sturgeon

ke-ges dried surf fish, dried smelt

kep-toh horseneck clam, Washington clam

ker-ger-peehl dentalium shell, 2 1/2 inch

kerh-kerh small turtle

kerhl-kerh crayfish, Klamath signal crayfish

ke'-ween eel

kne-wo-lek sea serpent

ko-yaak'w starfish

ko'-ses crab

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

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

kwo'-ro'r candlefish

le-kee-ta' backbone (of fish), spine (of fish)

loh-tuen lingcod, snapper

meeeks raag back string of an eel or sturgeon

mekw-cheg snail

mer-ner's fish skin

mer-'erx gills

mer'-lues a small bony river fish, sucker fish

mes-kwe-rek the poisonous entrails of an eel

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

me'-woo a fish (sp.)

mokw-chech nightfish

nee-nee-pek'w sucker fish

nee-nee-puech' sucker fish

ne-pe'-weesh fish (generic)

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

ne-puy salmon

ne-puyo-nah salmon

nerrgr barnacles

nos-pew skate, a character in creation stories

paa-mew octopus

paa-moh kelp (seaweed)

paa-mues octopus

peesh-kaahl nee ha-'aag 'ue-mep-'o sea moss type

peesh-kaahl nee ke'm seafood

peesh-kaahl nee re-gook sea trout

peesh-kaahl 'o koh seafood

peesh-ka-'eek nee ke'-ween moray eel

peesh-'on scale of fish

pee-'eeh mussel

pee-'eeh 'ue'-wers mussel shell

pee-'ee-yers fresh-water clam, razor clam

per-ger-'erh sea boots (a sea creature), locally known as "pig's feet" (eaten)

perr-ne-keesh dead eel in water

per-'erk dried mussel

re-gok trout, "sometimes translated trout and sometimes minnows"

roh-tuen bullhead (fish)

sa'-ro' sea anemone

sech-kes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

see-kwer' stickerback, a kind of trout 2.5 " long with stickers on them

sek-soh shell of any shellfish, sea shell

sekw-sew quahog clam

se-wok anchovies

sloyhl dried eel

sme-gech white sturgeon

te-ge-to' sea eggs (sea urchin)

te-go-'oh dentalium shell, 2 5/16 inch, a character in creation stories

tekw-sa'r heart of salmon, uvula

terh-kurn fish head, salmon head

terkw-term dentalium shell

te-to-me'l white salmon, about to die after spawning

tuuek tail of fish, salmon tail

twerr-nee'sh spawning salmon

wah-kwehl perch (fish)

we-chew sea urchin

we-gah dentalium shell, 2 1/8 inch

werhl-keehl kelp

woo-lew spawn or eggs of several fish, sturgeon eggs, sturgeon roe

yer' abalone shell, haliotis

yer-'er-ner' abalone shell, haliotis

'aa-moh sea eel

'ern-cherh abalone shell

'oh-pos king salmon

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

'uep-'oy salmon sperm

'war-peesh its nape (of a salmon)

'wah-tey sea moss, kelp (seaweed)

'we-choh sea eggs (sea urchin)

'wery-ken fat part of fish between fins and gills

'wo'hl-p'e'y angelica root, bitter part of a fish

'yerr-ner' barnacle, shell of shellfish