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nounnamaycush (plural namaycush)
- CanadaUSThe togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.
Synonyms: Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, tuladi
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nounThe togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.
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Origin
- Proto-Algonquian*name·kwa“lake trout”
- Creeᓇᒣᑯᐢ“lake trout”
- Englishnamaycush
Borrowed from Cree ᓇᒣᑯᐢ (namekos, “lake trout”), from Proto-Algonquian *name·kwa (“lake trout”).
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