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

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

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward

Every morning and evening, Greygown and I would go out for ouananiche, and sometimes we caught plenty and sometimes few, but we never came back without a good catch of happiness.

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

Who hath worked the chosen water where the ouananiche is waiting, Or the sea-trout's jumping-crazy for the fly?

From Fly Fishing in Wonderland by Klahowya

I felt sure that Ferdinand was going to do the trick in precisely this way with my ouananiche.

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