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cui-ui
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cui-ui

[kwee-wee]
–noun
a freshwater sucker, Chasmistes cujus, of Nevada, having a thin-lipped mouth.

Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; < Northern Paiute kuyui
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cui-ui     (kwē'wē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. cui-ui
A gray-brown sucker (Chasmistes cujus) found only in Nevada.

[Northern Paiute kuyui.]
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