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ouananiche

/ ˌɑːəˈԾːʃ /

noun

  1. a landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, found in lakes in SE Canada
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of ouananiche1

from Canadian French, from Montagnais wananish, diminutive of wanans salmon
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Example Sentences

If taken in salt water, there will only be the variation of coloring. ... ouananiche ... and sea trout ... with the exception of salmon ... afford the greatest sport that the Angler can find....

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

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Bear CubsPhoto by F. J. Haynes The ways of the wilderness have ever been pleasant to my feet, and whether it was taking the ouananiche in Canada or the Beardslee trout in the shadow of the Olympics, it has all been good.

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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!

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

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