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siscowet

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sis⋅co⋅wet

  [sis-kuh-wet]
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–noun
a variety of lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush siscowet, inhabiting the deeper waters of Lake Superior.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; shortening of Ojibwa pe⋅mite⋅wiskawe⋅t fish with oily flesh (deriv. of pimite⋅w- oil + -iskawe⋅ (of fish) to have flesh (of the specified type), or deriv. of another word with the same final element)
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sis·co·wet   (sĭs'kə-wět')   
n.  A fat, thick-bodied variety of the lake trout, found in the upper part of Lake Superior.

[Short for Ojibwa pēmitēwiskawēt : pimitēw-, oil + iskawē, to have flesh of a specified type.]
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