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tullibee [< Cdn F toulibi < Algonk.; cf. Cree otonabi] 
n. a species of whitefish, Leucichthys tullibee.
See also: mongrel whitefish
- 1789 (1889) I rise with the sun and, after debarbouilling mon visage, I take a walk to my traps, return to the house, eat Tollibees about nine.
- 1823 The Cree name of this fish, ottonneebees, has been corrupted by the traders into tullibee.
- 1918 Pike is a coarser fish though very common, and tullibee is an inferior species of whitefish.
- 1961 In its busiest days . . . whitefish, pickerel, northern pike, and tullibee were marketed from its waters [Lac La Biche]. . . .
- 1789 (1889) I rise with the sun and, after debarbouilling mon visage, I take a walk to my traps, return to the house, eat Tollibees about nine.