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cui-ui

[ kwee-wee ]
/ ˈkwi wi /
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noun
a freshwater sucker, Chasmistes cujus, of Nevada, having a thin-lipped mouth.
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Origin of cui-ui

1875–80, Americanism;<Northern Paiute kuyui
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