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

The ouananiche are much longer in proportion to their weight than trout, and a novice almost always overestimates them.

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

"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 Van Dyke, Henry

There was the old campground on the point, where I had tented so often with my lady Greygown, fishing for ouananiche, the famous land-locked salmon of Lake St. John.

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

"Do you know the chosen water where the ouananiche is waiting?"

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward

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 Van Dyke, Henry