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Webster 1913 Edition


Oquassa

O-quas′sa

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A small, handsome trout (
Salvelinus oquassa
), found in some of the lakes in Maine; – called also
blueback trout
.

Definition 2024


oquassa

oquassa

English

Noun

oquassa (plural oquassas)

  1. (archaic) A small, handsome trout, Salvelinus oquassa, found in some of the lakes in Maine. [fell out of use around 1920]

References

  • oquassa in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913