‖ ˈmethy ? Obs.
In 8 (? erron.) marthy.
[Cree methai (in other dialects menai, melai, meyai).]
(See quot. 1772.)
| 1772 Forster in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 152 The second of the Hudson's Bay fish, is called, by the wild natives of that country, Marthy, and is nothing else than our common Burbot, Gadus Lota, Linn. only vastly superior in size. 1836 J. Richardson Fauna Bor.-Amer. III. 248 Gadus (Lota) maculosus (Cuvier). The Methy. |