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lacaishe
[< Cdn F < Algonk. nacaysh]
Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a small edible fish, Hiodon alosoides, native to the Lake Winnipeg region, but now found over a wider range in the Northwest.
See: goldeye
Quotations
1793
The men call these latter [fish] Lacaiche. . . .
1800
[They] caught a great many lacaishe, a small fish about a foot long. . . .
1952
At the same time there were catfish and sturgeon of immense size in the river, as well as pike, piccano brim, pois d'oile, male achegan, lacaishe and such.