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Hunting Vocabulary Ntauch�umen - I go hunting or fowling
Machippog - a quiver
Ca�quat (pl., ca�quatash) - an arrow
Chich�gin - a hatchet
Wuskap�hana - new traps
Eata�bana - old traps
An�mwock - dogs
Mish�nneke (pl., mish�nnekequock) - a squirrel
Wa�tuckques - a rabbit
A�sup (pl., a�supp�nog) - a racoon
Nk�ke (pl., nk�quock) - an otter
S�mhup (pl., s�mhuppa�og) - a beaver
Mishqu�shim - a red fox
P�quawus - a gray fox
Muckqashim (pl., musquashimwock) - a wolf
Moatt�gus - a black wolf
Attuck (pl., attuckquock) - a deer
N�onatch (pl., n�onatchaug) - a deer
Aun�n - a fawn
Aun�n quun�ke - a doe
Waww�nes - a young buck
Kutt�omp a great buck
Peshawog ,or pusseksesuck - fowl
Ch�gan (pl., chogan�uck) - a blackbird
Wusk�whan (pl., wuskowh�nannuog) - a pigeon
Paupock (pl., paupocks�og) - a partridge or quail
Aanokcuk (pl., aanokuckqu�uog) - a heathcock or prairie hen
Quequ�cum or W�mpatuck - a duck
Honck - a goose
Kohunk - a Canadian gray goose
Wompissacuk (pl., wompsacukquauog) - an eagle
Whequach (pl., wewuashshauog - a swan
Mo�squin - a swan
N�yhom (pl., neyhomm�uog) - a turkey
Kuts (pl., K�tsuog) - a cormorant
Nan�wwussu - it is lean
Wauwunnock�o - it is fat
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