tullibee
[ tuhl-uh-bee ]
noun
a commercially important deep-bodied Canadian whitefish, Coregonus artedi.
Origin of tullibee
1First 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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British Dictionary definitions for tullibee
tullibee
/ (ˈtʌlɪˌbiː) /
noun
a cisco of the Great Lakes of Canada, Coregonus artedii tullibee
Origin of tullibee
1C19: from French toulibi, from Ojibwa
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