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

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Example Sentences

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ouananiche

We made our casts, and I quickly landed a twenty-inch ouananiche and Richards hooked a big trout that, after much play, was brought ashore. 

From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace

If taken in salt water, there will only be the variation of coloring. ... ouananiche ... and sea trout ... with the exception of salmon ... afford the greatest sport that the Angler can find....

From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Charles Barker Bradford

But the prince of the pool was the fighting ouananiche, the little salmon of St. John.

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

It is a fish, indeed, a noble ouananiche, and well hooked.

From Days Off And Other Digressions by Henry Van Dyke

It proved to be an ouananiche that measured twenty-seven and one-half inches in length by eleven and one-quarter inches in girth.

From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace

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