tullibee

tullibee
/tul"euh bee'/, n.
a commercially important deep-bodied Canadian whitefish, Coregonus artedi tullibee.
[1780-90; earlier telibee < CanF toulibi < early Ojibwa dial. *oto·lipi· (cf. Ojibwa (E sp.) o-doon-ne-be, odonabee, Menominee otu·nepih)]

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  • Coregonus tullibee — Tullibee Tul li*bee, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A whitefish ({Coregonus tullibee}) found in the Great Lakes of North America; called also {mongrel whitefish}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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