tul|li|bee

tul|li|bee
tul|li|bee «TUHL uh bee», noun, plural -bees or (collectively) -bee.
any one of a group of fishes of the Great Lakes area, related to the whitefishes.
[American English < Canadian French toulibi < Algonkian (Cree, Ojibwa) otonabi mouth water < oton mouth + abi water (because of the watery flesh of this fish)]

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  • tul — ca·tul·li·an; kit·tul; ter·tul·lian·ist; tul·chan; tul·li·bee; tul·ly s; tul·nic; tul·sa; tul·san; tul·si; tul·war; tul·bagh·ia; ki·tul; tul·chin; tul·waur; …   English syllables

  • bee — baw·bee; be·bee·rine; be·bee·ru; bee; bee·ball; bee·ger·ite; bee·man; bee·na; bee·sting; bee·tewk; bee·tho·ve·nian; bee·tler; bee·zer; bum·ble·bee; car·ib·bee; jam·bee; mac·ca·bee; mau·gra·bee; scar·a·bee; sea·bee; tul·li·bee; Fris·bee; bee·bee;… …   English syllables

  • tullibee — tul·li·bee …   English syllables

  • tullibee — /tul euh bee /, n. a commercially important deep bodied Canadian whitefish, Coregonus artedi tullibee. [1780 90; earlier telibee < CanF toulibi < early Ojibwa dial. *oto·lipi· (cf. Ojibwa (E sp.) o doon ne be, odonabee, Menominee otu·nepih)] * *… …   Universalium

  • tullibee — tul•li•bee [[t]ˈtʌl əˌbi[/t]] n. ich a commercially important deep bodied Canadian whitefish Coregonus artedi tullibee[/ex] • Etymology: 1780–90; < CanF toulibi < Ojibwa …   From formal English to slang

  • li — ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; acan·tho·ceph·a·li; acan·tho·li·mon; aceph·a·li·na; acet·y·li·za·tion; acho·li; ade·lo·spon·dy·li; ae·go·li·us; ae·o·li·an·ly; ae·tha·li·oid;… …   English syllables

  • Coregonus tullibee — Tullibee Tul li*bee, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A whitefish ({Coregonus tullibee}) found in the Great Lakes of North America; called also {mongrel whitefish}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mongrel whitefish — Tullibee Tul li*bee, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A whitefish ({Coregonus tullibee}) found in the Great Lakes of North America; called also {mongrel whitefish}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tullibee — Tul li*bee, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A whitefish ({Coregonus tullibee}) found in the Great Lakes of North America; called also {mongrel whitefish}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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