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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TULLIBEE

TULLIBEE Tul "li *bee, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee ) found in the Great Lakes of North America; -- called also mongrel whitefish.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tullibee

tul li bee |ˈtələˌbē ˈtələbi | ▶noun ( pl. same or tullibees ) a lake cisco (fish ) of a deep-bodied race living in the Great Lakes of Canada. [Coregonus artedii tullibee, family Salmonidae. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Canadian French toulibi, outolouby, from Ojibwa otōlipī.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tullibee

tullibee |ˈtʌlɪbiː | ▶noun ( pl. same or tullibees ) a lake cisco (fish ) of a deep-bodied race living in the Great Lakes of Canada. ●Coregonus artedii tullibee, family Salmonidae. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Canadian French toulibi, ultimately from Ojibwa.