namaycush

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cree ᓇᒣᑯᐢ (namekos, “lake trout”), from Proto-Algonquian *name·kwa (“lake trout”).

Noun

namaycush (plural namaycush)

1. (Canada, US) The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.

Synonyms

• (Salvelinus namaycush): Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, tuladi

References

• “namaycush”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.