king-of-the-salmon
Meanings
noun
- Any of species Trachipterus altivelis (syn, Trachipterus rex-salmonorum), of family Trachipteridae of ribbonfishes, of the eastern Pacific.
Word forms
Etymology
From the legends of the Makah people, which suggest that this fish guides the salmon each year to their spawning grounds.
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