tullibee

[ tuhl-uh-bee ]
/ ˈtʌl əˌbi /

noun

a commercially important deep-bodied Canadian whitefish, Coregonus artedi tullibee.

Origin of tullibee

1780–90; earlier telibee < Canadian French toulibi < early Ojibwa dialect *oto·lipi· (compare Ojibwa (E spelling) o-doon-ne-be, odonabee, Menominee otu·nepih)

Words nearby tullibee

tulipwood, tull, tullahoma, tullamore, tulle, tullibee, tullius, tully, tulpa, tulsa, tulsi das

British Dictionary definitions for tullibee

tullibee
/ (ˈtʌlɪˌbiː) /

noun

a cisco of the Great Lakes of Canada, Coregonus artedii tullibee

Word Origin for tullibee

C19: from French toulibi, from Ojibwa