namaycush
(ˈnæmeɪkʌʃ)
Also 8 naym-, 9 namacush.
[American Indian; in Cree numākoos, Ojibway namēgoss.]
The great lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) of N. America.
| 1785 Pennant Arct. Zool. II. Suppl. 139 Naymacush. Inhabits the lakes of Hudson's Bay. 1829 Richardson Fauna Bor. Amer. III. 179 The namaycush is the tyrant of the lakes. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fish 468 The amateur is likely to confound the namaycush with the Siscowet. 1892 Shield Amer. Game Fishes 238 The namaycush reaches its greatest perfection in the Northern parts of Lakes Huron and Michigan. |