ouananiche (?w??n??ni??) n (Animals) a landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, found in lakes in SE Canada[from Canadian French, from Montagnais wananish, diminutive of wanans salmon]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014