Common name of Acipenser medirostris
 
Common name Stut-chin
Language Chinook
Dialect Chinook Wawa
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality ‘Washington Territory, British Columbia & Alaska
Ref. Tate, C.M., 1889
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Page 22, where ‘Stut-chin, sturgeon’ is listed, also lists ‘Skookum, strong; ghost’, which is similar to ‘skookum’ for sturgeon in the Chinook of Oregon 25 years earlier (Diane Newell, UBC, pers. comm.). Chinook Wawa is a trade jargon (Ref. 124181).
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