oquassa

[ oh-kwas-uh, oh-kwah-suh ]

noun

, plural o·quas·sas, (especially collectively) o·quas·sa.

1. a small, dark-blue brook trout, Salvelinus oquassa, of Maine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of oquassa¹

1880–85; < Eastern Abenaki ὰk2əsse