namaycush

Etymology

Borrowed from Cree ᓇᒣᑯᐢ (namekos, “lake trout”), from Proto-Algonquian *name·kwa (“lake trout”).

noun

  1. (Canada, US) The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.

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