The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ouananiche \Oua`na`niche"\, n. [Canadian F., of Amer. Indian origin.] 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.
Wiktionary
n. (context dated English) (alternative form of wananish English)
Usage examples of "ouananiche".
We made our casts, and I quickly landed a twenty-inch ouananiche and Richards hooked a big trout that, after much play, was brought ashore.
It proved to be an ouananiche that measured twenty-seven and one-half inches in length by eleven and one-quarter inches in girth.
Then Richards brought forward his ouananiche, and it produced the desired effect.
Richards, however, still held the record as to big fish, both trout and ouananiche, and the others vowed they would take it from him if they had to fish nights to do it.