namaycush
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Cree ᓇᒣᑯᐢ (namekos, “lake trout”), from Proto-Algonquian *name·kwa (“lake trout”).
Noun[edit]
namaycush (plural namaycush)
- (Canada, US) The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Salvelinus namaycush): Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, tuladi
References[edit]
- “namaycush”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.