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nam⋅ay⋅cush

[nam-i-kuhsh, nam-ey-]
–noun, plural -cush⋅es, (especially collectively) -cush.
a lake trout.

Origin:
1735–45; < Cree name⋅kos < Proto-Algonquian *name⋅kwehsa
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nam·ay·cush   (nām'ĭ-kŭsh', nām'ā-)   
n.  See lake trout.

[Cree namekos.]
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