- Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of
excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of
the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and
most important American species (C. clupeiformis) is abundant in the
Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake
whitefish, and Oswego bass. - The menhaden. - The beluga, or white whale.
- Canadian cascade - Canadian waterfalls - Falls back to AR again - Falls inside California garage - Falls on the US-Canadian border - Falls over on the border of Canada and the USA - Falls over US-Canadian border
- The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of
the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi,
a related species of Lake Michigan.
- A tribe of North American Indians who originally
occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven
back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois.
- A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus
namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over
forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon,
salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.
- One of two or more species of American fresh-water
fishes of the family Centrarchidae, esp. Chaenobryttus antistius, of
Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the
Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent
eyes. - The goggler.