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tickameg tickomeg [< Algonk.: Cree utikumāk] Hist.

• n. a widely distributed North American food fish, Coregonus sp., especially C. clupeaformis.

  See also: atikameg  titimeg   whitefish  

  • 1743  (1949)  Tickomegg which is like a herring is also very Numerious. . . .
  • 1816  (1939)  There is an excellent fishing Weir which supplies . . . a good number of Tickameg.
  • 1963  Without doubt Louis shared in the . . . feasts of galettes, tickameg (whitefish), buffalo steaks and boiled tea. . . .