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lacaishe [< Cdn F < Algonk. nacaysh] Hist.

• n. a small edible fish, Hiodon alosoides, native to the Lake Winnipeg region, but now found over a wider range in the Northwest.

  See also: goldeye  

  • 1793  (1933)  The men call these latter [fish] Lacaiche. . . .
  • 1800  (1897)  [They] caught a great many lacaishe, a small fish about a foot long. . . .
  • 1952  (1954)  At the same time there were catfish and sturgeon of immense size in the river, as well as pike, piccano brim, pois d'oile, male achegan, lacaishe and such.