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ouananiche
/ ˌwɑːnəˈniːʃ /
noun
- a landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, found in lakes in SE Canada
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ouananiche1
from Canadian French, from Montagnais wananish, diminutive of wanans salmon
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Example Sentences
The ouananiche are much longer in proportion to their weight than trout, and a novice almost always overestimates them.
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By far the best chapters are those treating of the ouananiche and its capture, as the author writes from ample experience.
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After half an hour the ouananiche begins to grow tired and can be reeled in near to the boat.
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Then Richards brought forward his ouananiche, and it produced the desired effect.
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It proved to be an ouananiche that measured twenty-seven and one-half inches in length by eleven and one-quarter inches in girth.
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