(thing) by EverybodysCyclopedia Tue May 04 2004 at 4:17:52

Candle Fish, a small fish peculiar to the Pacific Coast of the United States. It is so oily that when dried and a wick is drawn through it, it will burn like a candle.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

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