Namaycush

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Namaycush \Nam"ay*cush\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
     A large North American lake trout ({Salvelinus namaycush}).
     It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over
     forty pounds. Called also {Mackinaw trout}, {lake trout},
     {lake salmon}, {salmon trout}, {togue}, and {tuladi}.
     [1913 Webster]