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Webster 1913 Edition

Namaycush

Nam′ay-cush

,

Noun.

[Indian name.]

(Zool.)

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

.