namaycush
Americannoun
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namaycushes,
plural
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namaycush
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of namaycush
1735–45; < Cree name·kos < Proto-Algonquian *name·kwehsa
Example Sentences
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While we were on these lakes near the mountains we killed four geese and one spruce-grouse, and caught about eighty half-pound trout, two two-pound namaycush and a five-pound pike.
From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace
Ate big namaycush and were ready to push on early this morning.
From Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador by Mina Benson Hubbard
Caught three namaycush in AM., then wind bound by fierce N.W. gale at camp.
From Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador by Mina Benson Hubbard
As we paddled I dropped a troll and before we stopped for the night landed a seven-pound namaycush, and another large one broke a troll.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace
In the course of our search we caught a namaycush, and immediately put to shore to eat it.
From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace
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