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bannock
An unleavened bread, usually made with barleymeal, wheatmeal, or oatmeal; sometimes of peasemeal or otherwise.
cuiui
A fish native to Pyramid Lake, the Truckee river and tributaries, Chasmistes cujus, which was an important food fish for the local Indians.