skowitz

English

Etymology

From the fish's name in the Nisqually subdialect of southern Lushootseed.

Noun

skowitz (plural not attested)

1. (zoology, obsolete) The silver salmon.

References

• “skowitz”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.