DCHP-1 Online
achigan [< Cdn F < Algonk.: Ojibwa ashigan] Rare. 
n. the small-mouthed black bass, Micropterus dolomieu.
See also: malachigan
- 1800 (1897) My party went out to seine, and soon came back with a sturgeon, three catfish, eight brim, four achegan, five doré, three pike, and a few lacaishe.
- 1907 Achigan ... A French-Canadian name of the small-mouthed black bass ... occasionally found in English writings.
- 1800 (1897) My party went out to seine, and soon came back with a sturgeon, three catfish, eight brim, four achegan, five doré, three pike, and a few lacaishe.