Namaycush

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See lake trout.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The great lake-trout, Aristivomer namaycush, called also Mackinaw trout and (in Maine) togue.
    • Word Usage
    "The name namaycush can be traced to journals and writings of employees of the Hudson Bay Company of the 1770s, who described some fishes of the Hudson Bay region."
    Variant
    Mackinaw trout    lake trout    lake salmon    salmon trout    togue    tuladi   
     
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