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cuiui

cuiui noun: a fish native to Pyramid Lake, the Truckee river and tributaries, Chasmistes cujus, which was an important food fish for the local Indians.

Noun

cuiui (uncountable)

  1. A fish native to Pyramid Lake, the Truckee river and tributaries, Chasmistes cujus, which was an important food fish for the local Indians.

Origin of cuiui

Borrowed from Northern Paiute kuyui.

Questions about cuiui

What does cuiui mean?
Cuiui means a fish native to Pyramid Lake, the Truckee river and tributaries, Chasmistes cujus, which was an important food fish for the local Indians.
What part of speech is cuiui?
Cuiui is a noun.

Words near cuiui in the dictionary

  1. cuitlacoche
  2. Cuitlatec
  3. Cuitlateco
  4. Cuitlatecos
  5. Cuitlatecs
  6. cuiui
  7. Cujam
  8. Cujavia
  9. cuju
  10. cuke
  11. cukes

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