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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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of oquassa1

1880–85; < Eastern Abenaki ὰk2əsse

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