DCHP-1 Online
namaycush [< Algonk.; cf. Cree namekus, dim. of namew fish] 
n. a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value. Also spelled namacush.
See also: lake trout
- 1743 (1949) [Sammon Ne ma cu sheeck]
- 1775 (1951) Sent three men to the Nets from which . . . we received . . . a Namaycoose or kind of Sammon of 16 lb. weight and one Pike.
- 1852 The meshes will not admit the heads of the larger trout (namaycush), which weigh from 30 lbs. to 50 lbs.
- 1928 The larger lakes, often of great depth, are the abode of the famed namaycush, the salmon trout of the lakes. . . .
- 1947 In the lower George River, the sea-trout and the salmon, and higher up the brook trout, ouinanishe and namacush are caught.
- 1743 (1949) [Sammon Ne ma cu sheeck]