tullibee

[< Cdn F toulibi < Algonk.; cf. Cree otonabi]

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a species of whitefish, Leucichthys tullibee.

Quotations

1789

I rise with the sun and, after debarbouilling mon visage, I take a walk to my traps, return to the house, eat Tollibees about nine.

1823

The Cree name of this fish, ottonneebees, has been corrupted by the traders into tullibee.

1918

Pike is a coarser fish though very common, and tullibee is an inferior species of whitefish.

1961

In its busiest days . . . whitefish, pickerel, northern pike, and tullibee were marketed from its waters [Lac La Biche]. . . .