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achigan
[< Cdn F < Algonk.: Ojibwa ashigan]
Rare.
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n.
the small-mouthed black bass, Micropterus dolomieu.
See: malachigan
Quotations
1800
My party went out to seine, and soon came back with a sturgeon, three catfish, eight brim, four achegan, five doré, three pike, and a few lacaishe.
1907
Achigan ... A French-Canadian name of the small-mouthed black bass ... occasionally found in English writings.