siscowet

[ sis-kuh-wet ]

noun
  1. a variety of lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush siscowet, inhabiting the deeper waters of Lake Superior.

Origin of siscowet

1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; from North American French ciscaouète, ciscaouette, siskawette, shortening of Ojibwe pe·mite·wiskawe·t “fish with oily flesh,” derivative of pimite·w- “oil” + -iskawe· (of fish) “to have flesh (of the specified type”

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