oquassa

oquassa
/oh kwas"euh, oh kwah"seuh/, n., pl. oquassas, (esp. collectively) oquassa.
a small, dark-blue brook trout, Salvelinus oquassa, of Maine.
[1880-85; < Eastern Abenaki àk2asse]

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