English Explanatory Dictionary

namaycush

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.

Word forms

namaycush

Etymology

Borrowed from Cree ᓇᒣᑯᐢ (namekos, “lake trout”), from Proto-Algonquian *name·kwa (“lake trout”).

Synonyms

Mackinaw trout lake trout lake salmon salmon trout togue tuladi
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