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siskawet
[< Cdn F sisquoette < Algonk. Ojibwa pemitewiskawet that which has oily flesh]
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n.
a variety of lake trout.
See: lake trout
Quotations
1837
. . . there is a fish . . . in the upper part of Lake Superior, called the skevát, so exceedingly rich, luscious and oily, when fresh, as to be quite uneatable.
1841
The varieties usually taken for pickling are, Trout, Pickerel, White Fish and Sisquoette.
1860
The siskawet is a fish bearing some resemblance to the salmon-trout.
1959
The Lake Trout has a long, somewhat slender body (exception is the "Siskowet," which is fat and deep-bodied).