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mathemeg|ˈmæθɪmɛg|
[a. Cree mathemeg, lit. ‘ugly fish’, f. mathe ugly + -meg, ending of names of fishes. Watkins's Cree Dict. gives muchemāk, which represents a dialectal variant.]
A catfish inhabiting the North American lakes.
1787Pennant Arct. Zool. Suppl. 115 Mathemeg. Inhabits the lakes of Hudson's Bay. 1836J. Richardson Fauna Bor. Amer. iii. 135 Silurus (Pimelodus) Borealis (Richardson), The Mathemeg. Ibid., The mathemeg or land cod of the residents of the fur countries is taken sparingly. |