ouananiche

British  

/ ˌwɑːnəˈniːʃ /

noun

1. a landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, found in lakes in SE Canada

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Etymology

Origin of ouananiche

from Canadian French, from Montagnais wananish, diminutive of wanans salmon

Example Sentences

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ouananiche

Then Richards brought forward his ouananiche, and it produced the desired effect. 

From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace

It was the last day, of the open season for ouananiche, and we had set our hearts on catching some good fish to take home with us.

From Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things by Henry Van Dyke

"There we will rest our sleepy heads, And happy hearts, on balsam beds; And every day go forth to fish In foamy streams for ouananiche."

From Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness by Henry Van Dyke

Then I fell back on a theory of my own, to the effect that the ouananiche have an aversion to red, and prefer yellow and brown.

From Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things by Henry Van Dyke

Then we’ll spring the ouananiche on ’cm and they’ll faint. 

From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace