sheefish

sheefish
/shee"fish'/, n., pl. sheefishes, (esp. collectively) sheefish.
inconnu (def. 2).
[1785-95; shee ( < a Subarctic Athabaskan language; cf. Eastern Kutchin syuh) + FISH]

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also called  Inconnu,  

      species of whitefish (q.v.).

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