DCHP-1 Online
picaneau picano, pic(c)onou, etc. [< Cdn F < Algonk.; see 1897 quote] Obs. 
n. a large, oily fish of the sucker family, Catostomus sp.
See also: piccanan
- 1804 (1897) We take large fat picaneau in our sturgeon nets; they are excellent eating, but too oily, and tend to increase the disease [diarrhea].
- 1804 (1933) [We] too 3 large Piconoes in our Net.
- 1897 Piccanan, picconou, etc. are forms of the Cree name of a certain sucker, Catostomu lesueri.
- 1933 Connor's "picanoes" should be piconou, listed by Taché as the Cyprinus (Catastomus) sueurii. It is a fish belonging to the family of carp.
- 1804 (1897) We take large fat picaneau in our sturgeon nets; they are excellent eating, but too oily, and tend to increase the disease [diarrhea].