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

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

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

From The Forest by Stewart Edward White

What forest lore; what ways of cunning from the shy forest dwellers; what tricks of line and bait for the capricious trout, the pugnacious ouananiche, the lazy pickerel!

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller

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

From Days Off And Other Digressions by Henry Van Dyke

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 Henry Van Dyke

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