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nam·ay·cush

 (năm′ĭ-kŭsh′, năm′ā-)
[Cree namekos.]
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namaycush

(ˈnæmɪˌkʌʃ)
n
(Fishing) a North American freshwater fish (Salvelinus namaycush). Also called: lake trout
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Acute and chronic toxicity of nitrate to early life stages of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis).
Cisco prey upon a variety of zooplankton, larval insects, and midges and are preyed upon in turn by predators such as Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush; Scott and Crossman, 1973; Engel, 1976; Eshenroder et al., 2016).
Cordone, 'Age and Growth of Lake Trout, Salvenus namaycush Walbaum in Lake Tahoe', Apr.
McCormick, "Variation in salinity tolerance, gill [Na.sup.+]/[K.sup.+]-ATPase, [Na.sup.+]/[K.sup.+]/2[Cl.sup.-] cotransporter and mitochondria-rich cell distribution in three salmonids Salvelinus namaycush, Salvelinus fontinalis and Salmo salar," Journal of Experimental Biology, vol.
[11.] McAllister PE, Herman RL (1989) Epizootic mortality in hatchery-reared lake trout salvelinus namaycush caused by a putative virus possibly of the herpesvirus group.
In all site assemblages, nearly equal proportions of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) indicate that fishing occurred not only during warm season char runs, but also at other times of the year.
Crayfish (Orconectes virilis) feeding on young lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush): effect of rock size.
The signs of choline deficiency including growth retardation, poor survival, poor feed efficiency (FE) and increased liver lipid concentration have been reported in carp (Cyprinus carpio) (Ogino et al., 1970), lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) (Ketola, 1976), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (Rumsey, 1991), hybrid striped bass (More saxatilisxMorone chryso) (Griffin et al., 1994), red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) (Craig and Gatlin, 1996), yellow perch (Perca flavescens) (Twibell and Brown, 2000), channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) (Zhang and Wilson, 1999), hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis niloticusxO.
Classification of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) attack marks on Great Lakes lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).
Molecular cytogenetic analysis of the Double-[CMA.sub.3] chromosome of lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush. Cytogenet.
Salvelinus namaycush loves the cold, often wandering into areas 10 feet deep or shallower under the ice of, Lake of the Woods and Lake Superior.