Meanings
plural tuladis
- A large lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, found mainly in Canada and northern areas of the US.
[…] a narrow sheet of water, about 22 M. long, abounding in large-sized trout and 'tuladi', a heavy fish of the salmon family.
1894, Karl Baedeker (Firm), The Dominion of Canada: With Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska. Handbook for Travellers, Leipsic [i.e. Leipzig] : K. Baedeker, page 641 more example
In Long Lake there are plenty of tuladi (salmon trout) and trout. […] I have caught tuladi running as high as sixteen pounds in the Fish River Lakes. The tuladi in Long Lake are the best, always fat. There are two kinds of tuladi; the one with the white belly is poorer than that which has spots on its belly.
1888, Edward Jack, “The Wonderful Lakes of the Upper St. John”, in The American Angler, page 35Synonyms: lake trout, togue, mackinaw trout, namaycush
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, found mainly in Canada and northern areas of the US.
Origin
- Algonquian
- Frenchtouladi
- Englishtuladi
From Canadian French touladi, from an Eastern Algonquian language. (The fish is sometimes said to take its name from the Touladi River where some spawn, but the river more likely takes its name from the fish.)
More words from French, Algonquian
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