Definition of tullibee in English:
tullibee
nounPlural tullibeesˈtʌlɪbiːˈtələˌbē
A lake cisco (fish) of a deep-bodied race living in the Great Lakes of Canada.
Coregonus artedii tullibee, family Salmonidae
Example sentencesExamples
- Lake whitefish and tullibees are important cold water species.
- Water quality is relatively good and this is demonstrated by the presence of a tullibee population, a cold-water fish species.
- Research has shown that muskie prefer prey without sharp spines, such as tullibee and sucker.
- The tullibees will move up into this vegetation, and the pike and walleyes follow them in for a feast.
- For reasons unknown to biologists, it's usually the adult tullibees that perish during these die-offs.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Canadian French toulibi, ultimately from Ojibwa.