methy

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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13
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12
Letters
5

Definition of methy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Canada, US, dated)The burbot.
    “The occow, or river perch, termed also horn-fish, piccarel, or doré, is common, but is not so much esteemed as the attihhawmeg. It attains the length of twenty inches in these lakes. The methy is another common fish; it is the gadus lota, or burbot, of Europe.”
    “In addition to the sturgeon, the fishery occasionally yields the white-fish, pike, various kinds of trout, the methy, and several sucking-carp.”
    “Our Loche or Methy is not a fashionable fish, […]”

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Etymology

From Woods Cree mathay (“burbot”); compare Cree miyay.

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