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mari [origin uncertain; perhaps related to mathemeg, q.v.]

• n. a freshwater cod Lota iota maculosa; burbot.

  See also: loche  

  • 1858  (1863)  A squaw . . . caught a fine sturgeon, and a fish called by the Canadians a Marry (Burbot).
  • 1887  Next in quantity would come . . . gold-eye, mari or methy (dog fish or ling), yellow perch. . . .
  • 1939  She'd been there quite a while, got quite a few maris, and was about ready to go home. . . .