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oquassa

oquassa noun: 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.

Noun

oquassa (plural oquassas)

  1. (archaic) 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.

Forms of oquassa

pluraloquassas

Origin of oquassa

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

Questions about oquassa

What does oquassa mean?
Oquassa means 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.
What part of speech is oquassa?
Oquassa is a noun.
What is the plural of oquassa?
The plural of oquassa is oquassas.

Words near oquassa in the dictionary

  1. OQI
  2. OQL
  3. OQR
  4. OQRs
  5. OQs
  6. oquassa
  7. oquassas
  8. Oquawka
  9. Oquendo
  10. Oquendos
  11. Oquirrh

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