mari

[origin uncertain; perhaps related to mathemeg, q.v.]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a freshwater cod Lota iota maculosa; burbot.

See: loche

Quotations

1858

A squaw . . . caught a fine sturgeon, and a fish called by the Canadians a Marry (Burbot).

1887

Next in quantity would come . . . gold-eye, mari or methy (dog fish or ling), yellow perch. . . .

1939

She'd been there quite a while, got quite a few maris, and was about ready to go home. . . .