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tullibee

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtʌlɪˌbiː/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tulə bē′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tul•li•bee  (tulə bē′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fisha commercially important deep-bodied Canadian whitefish, Coregonus artedi tullibee.
  • early Ojibwa dialect, dialectal *oto·lipi· (compare Ojibwa (English spelling, spelled) o-doon-ne-be, odonabee, Menominee otu·nepih)
  • Canadian French toulibi
  • earlier telibee 1780–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tullibee /ˈtʌlɪˌbiː/ n
  1. a cisco of the Great Lakes of Canada, Coregonus artedii tullibee
Etymology: 19th Century: from French toulibi, from Ojibwa

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