Achigan

/ˌæʃɪˈɡɑːn/ noun

A North American freshwater fish, specifically a large-mouth bass, named from a Naskapi Cree or Mi'kmaq word for the species.

From Eastern Algonquian languages, particularly resembling Naskapi/Cree words. The term was adopted by French colonists in Canada and appears in early naturalist literature describing North American fauna.

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