English Explanatory Dictionary

quoddy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Herring, especially if caught and cured (or smoked) near any of the various northeastern American places named Quoddy or Passamquoddy.

Word forms

quoddy quoddies

Etymology

From the placenames, which are named for the tribe; the tribe's name is an Anglicization of their autonym, and the word is thus ultimately from Malecite-Passamaquoddy.

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