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namaycush

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
na-may-cush
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.

Canadian usage; American usage

Etymology

Borrowed from Cree ᓇᒣᑯᐢ (namekos, “lake trout”), from Proto-Algonquian *name·kwa (“lake trout”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Synonyms

Mackinaw trout lake trout lake salmon salmon trout togue tuladi

Questions

What does namaycush mean?
The togue: a large North American lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, usually spotted with red.
Where does namaycush come from?
Borrowed from Cree ᓇᒣᑯᐢ (namekos, “lake trout”), from Proto-Algonquian *name·kwa (“lake trout”).

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