tullibee

[ tuhl-uh-bee ]

noun

1. a commercially important deep-bodied Canadian whitefish, Coregonus artedi.

tullibee

/ ˈtʌlɪˌbiː /

noun

1. a cisco of the Great Lakes of Canada, Coregonus artedii tullibee

Word History and Origins

Origin of tullibee¹

First recorded in 1780–90; earlier telibee, from Canadian French toulibi, from unattested early Ojibwe dialect oto·lipi· (compare Ojibwe ( English spelling) o-doon-ne-be, odonabee, Menominee otu·nepih )

Word History and Origins

Origin of tullibee¹

C19: from French toulibi , from Ojibwa