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tullibee

American  
[tuhl-uh-bee] / ˈtʌl əˌbi /

noun

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

tullibee British  
/ ˈtʌlɪˌbiː /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tullibee

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 )

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