Definition of "ouananiche" [oua•na•niche]

• A small landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ounaniche) of Lake St. John, Canada, and neighboring waters, noted for its vigor and activity, and habit of leaping from the water when hooked. (noun)

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• "Examples are its creative borrowings from Indian languages for place names such as Canada and Quebec, and for flora and fauna: achigan for black bass, atoca for cranberry canneberge in France, ouananiche for a freshwater salmon, ouaouaron for a bull frog, orignal for moose, and caribou for a genus of large deer."
• "In 1894, the landlocked salmon of Quebec was described as a subspecies, “S. salar ouananiche.”"
• "In eastern Canada, landlocked salmon—or ouananiche, as they are called locally—are common in lakes of Quebec, on the island of Newfoundland, and in Labrador."