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cui-ui

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cui-ui

  [kwee-wee]
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–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)   
n.   pl. cui-ui
A gray-brown sucker (Chasmistes cujus) found only in Nevada.

[Northern Paiute kuyui.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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