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kickininee kickaninny 
n. a dwarf landlocked salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi, native to southern British Columbia.
See also: kokanee
- 1875 (1953) There we would fill our basket with the shining kik-e-ninnies. Then would my mother take me by the hand and swinging a basket over my shoulder, lead me forth to my father's fish trap.
- 1963 The kokanee (or kickininee) is a sockeye salmon that does not migrate to the ocean. Its life span is similar to that of the sockeye in that it returns to the nursery stream after three or four years, at which time it weighs about a pound.
- 1964 Officials . . . say the fish being transplanted from British Columbia . . . is known as the kokanee, the kickaninny, the silverfish, or the redfish, depending on where you're fishing for it, and at what time of year.
- 1965 KOKANEE, LITTLE REDFISH or KICKININEE of catchable sizes are familiar to many anglers.
- 1875 (1953) There we would fill our basket with the shining kik-e-ninnies. Then would my mother take me by the hand and swinging a basket over my shoulder, lead me forth to my father's fish trap.