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Skeena turkey [< Skeena River, B.C.] Pacific Coast and Northwest, Slang 
n. a small fish, Thaleicthys pacificus, of the smelt family, native to the Pacific coast.
See also: oolichan
- 1953 Before the coming of the railway to Prince Rupert, oolachan was considered a delicacy, "the Skeena turkey."
- 1953 Before the coming of the railway to Prince Rupert, oolachan was considered a delicacy, "the Skeena turkey."