namaycush
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Cree ᓇᒣᑯᐢ (namekos, “lake trout”), from Proto-Algonquian *name·kwa (“lake trout”).
Noun edit
namaycush (plural namaycush)
- (Canada, US) The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.
Synonyms edit
- (Salvelinus namaycush): Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, tuladi
References edit
- “namaycush”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.