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namaycush

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nam⋅ay⋅cush

  [nam-i-kuhsh, nam-ey-]
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–noun, plural -cush⋅es, (especially collectively) -cush.
a lake trout.
Origin:
1735–45; < Cree name⋅kos < Proto-Algonquian *name⋅kwehsa
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lake trout  
n.  A freshwater food and game fish (Salvelinus namaycush) of the Great Lakes. Also called Mackinaw trout, namaycush, togue.
nam·ay·cush   (nām'ĭ-kŭsh', nām'ā-)   
n.  See lake trout.

[Cree namekos.]
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