English Explanatory Dictionary

oquassa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of blueback trout, Salvelinus oquassa, specifically those found in the Rangeley Lakes Region of Maine. Now considered to be the same species as the Sunapee trout.

Word forms

oquassa oquassas

Etymology

Possibly from a Penobscot word such as Eastern Abenaki Penobscot ὰk2əsse.

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