namaycush
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of namaycush
1735–45; < Cree name·kos < Proto-Algonquian *name·kwehsa
Example Sentences
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While paddling we got a seven-pound namaycush, which enabled us to eat that night.
From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Wallace, Dillon
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.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Wallace, Dillon
Caught three namaycush in AM., then wind bound by fierce N.W. gale at camp.
From Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador by Hubbard, Mina Benson
Trolling by the way, we caught one two-pound namaycush.
From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Wallace, Dillon
Towards evening we put out our trolls, and I caught one big brook trout, one little namaycush, and a big one a twenty-pounder.
From Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador by Hubbard, Mina Benson
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