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sapi
[< Athapaskan]
Northwest
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a char, Salvelinus malma spectabilis, characterized by reddish-orange spots on an olive-green skin, found in western lakes and rivers and on the Pacific coast.
Quotations
1824
He knew only of 3 Fishing Lakes in this quarter[:] Bears Lake a small round Lake in which they take Sapa. . . .
1912
As we were . . . frying sapi steaks, our camp received two canoe-loads of visitors. . . .
1929
Going down river, for many miles the only living souls we saw were a few Indians camping on the river bank with their "sapi" (big trout) hanging on poles to dry for winter supplies.
1955
Sapi or Dolly Varden (Salvelinus alpinus malma) [is] a sub-species of the arctic char.