Also tulibbi. [ad. N. Amer. Indian (Cree and Odjibway) too-nie-bee.] A species of whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes of N. America.
[1822. in Morse, Rep. Indian Affairs, App. 31. A fish called by the savages ‘Too-nie-bee,’ and by the English and French ‘Telibees,’ not equal to, but greatly resembling, the white fish.]
1888. Goode, Amer. Fishes, 93. Tautog, chogset,… tullibee … are among the best.
1906. Blackw. Mag., March, 394/1. The tulibbis … often sold as fresh water herring … are only fit to eat in winter.
