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Noun

1. 1
   A type of blueback trout, Salvelinus oquassa, specifically those found in the Rangeley Lakes Region of Maine. Now considered to be the same species as the Sunapee trout. archaic

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Etymology

Possibly from a Penobscot word such as Eastern Abenaki Penobscot ὰk2əsse.

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