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namapeth
[< Algonk.; cf. Cree namew fish]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the white sucker, Catostomus commersonii.
Quotations
1784
The . . . Sucker Carp is a new species of which there are two varieties, the Mitheo-Mapeth of the Indians . . . and the White [carp], or Namapeth. . . .
1795
The only species caught in those parts are trout . . . two sorts of barble (called by the Indians Na-may-pith,) . . . and a few perch.