piccanan

[< Cdn F < Algonk.; see 1897 quote at picaneau]

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a large, oily fish of the sucker family, Catostomus sp.

1800

We found some Indians, who had many sturgeon and various kinds of small fishes, such as catfish, piccanan. . . .

<i>c</i>1804

The picanon is a large fish, about 15 lb weight, remarkable for its oily quality, and peculiar to Ted Lake, about 100 miles west of Lac La Pluie.

1952

At the same time there were catfish and sturgeon of immense size in the river, as well as pike, piccanon. . . .