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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
. Definition 2024
namaycush
namaycush
English
Noun
namaycush (plural namaycush)
- (Canada, US) The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.
Synonyms
- (Salvelinus namaycush): Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, tuladi
References
- namaycush in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913