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sheefish

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shee⋅fish

  [shee-fish]
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–noun, plural -fish⋅es, (especially collectively) -fish.
inconnu (def. 2).
Origin:
1785–95; shee (< a Subarctic Athabaskan language; cf. Eastern Kutchin ṣyuh) + fish

in⋅con⋅nu

  [in-kuh-noo, -nyoo, ing-; Fr. an-kaw-ny]
–noun, plural -nus  [-nooz, -nyooz; Fr. -ny] , (especially collectively for 2) -nu.
1. a person who is unknown; stranger.
2. Also called sheefish. a game fish, Stenodus leucichthys, of fresh or brackish northern waters.
Origin:
1800–10; < F: lit., unknown, equiv. to in- in- 3 + connu, ptp. of connaître to know, be acquainted with < L cognōscere; see cognition
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Main Entry:  sheefish2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See inconnu
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