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

"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

Who hath worked the chosen waters where the ouananiche is waiting?

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam

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

From Days Off And Other Digressions by Van Dyke, Henry

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 Van Dyke, Henry

When that Kri-karee, invisibly attached to my line, went floating down the stream, the ouananiche was surprised.

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