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quoddy.

Herring, especially if caught and cured (or smoked) near any of the various northeastern American places named Quoddy or Passamquoddy.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Herring, especially if caught and cured (or smoked) near any of the various northeastern American places named Quoddy or Passamquoddy.

    US · dialectal · rare
Where this word comes from

From the placenames, which are named for the tribe; the tribe's name is an Anglicization of their autonym, and the word is thus ultimately from Malecite-Passamaquoddy.

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