cui-ui

[ kwee-wee ]

noun

1. a freshwater sucker, Chasmistes cujus, of Nevada, having a thin-lipped mouth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cui-ui¹

1875–80, Americanism; < Northern Paiute kuyui

Example Sentences

Pyramid Lake strain Lahontans grow so big in part by foraging on other fish — primarily tui chub and cui-ui, a sucker fish endemic to Pyramid Lake.

From New York Times

The tribe re-established a Lahontan cutthroat sport fishery and saved Pyramid Lake’s endangered Cui-ui sucker from extinction.

From New York Times

Shortnose sturgeon, longjaw cisco, Piute, greenback and Montana west-slope cutthroat trout, Gila and Apache trout, the desert and Moapa dace, humpback chub, Colorado River squawfish, Cui-ui, Devils Hole, Comanche Springs and Owens River pupfish, Pahrump killifish, Gila top minnow, Maryland darter and blue pike.

From Time Magazine Archive