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Namaycush

Namaycush \Nam"ay*cush\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.) A large North American lake trout ( Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.

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namaycush

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

Usage examples of "namaycush".

The Labrador lakes generally have a great depth of water, and it is in the deeper water that the very large namaycush, which grow to an immense size, are to be caught.