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

After half an hour the ouananiche begins to grow tired and can be reeled in near to the boat.

From Days Off And Other Digressions by Henry Van Dyke

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

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 Henry Van Dyke

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

From The Forest by Stewart Edward White

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

From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace