Definition of Tullibee

1. n. A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes of North America; -- called also mongrel whitefish.

Definition of Tullibee

1. Noun. A whitefish (''Coregonus tullibee'') found in the Great Lakes of North America. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tullibee

1. a freshwater fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tullibee

1. A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes of North America. Synonym: mongrel whitefish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tullibee

tulipmania
tulipomania
tulipomaniac
tulipomaniacs
tulips
tulipwood
tulipwood tree
tulipwoods
tulka
tulku
tulkus
tulle
tulle gras
tulles
tullian
tullibee (current term)
tullibees
tulpa
tulpas
tulwar
tulwars
tum
tum-tum
tum-tums
tum tum
tum tums
tumbao
tumbaos
tumble-down

Literary usage of Tullibee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fauna Boreali-americana, Or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British by John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby (1836)
"tullibee. FUR TRADERS. This fish is very generally diffused through the waters of the fur countries, but nowhere is it taken in such numbers as the ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"Body elevated, its height being one-third of the total length (without caudal). 40. Coregonus tullibee. Salmo (Coregonus) tullibee, Richards. Faun. Bor. ..."

3. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in 1833, 1834, and by Richard King (1836)
"—Departure from Tal-thel-leh and Arrival at Fort Resolution. —Indian Gamesters.—Grey and Red Sucking-Carp, Methy, Denizen of the Northern Lakes, tullibee, ..."

4. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"Diagnosis—The tullibee has the deep, compressed form of the Shad, with the projecting lower ... Scarcely anything is kno.wn of the habits of the tullibee. ..."

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