DCHP-1 Online
piccanan picanon, piccanon, etc. [< Cdn F < Algonk.; see 1897 quote at picaneau] Obs. 
n. a large, oily fish of the sucker family, Catostomus sp.
See also: picaneau
- c1804 (1890) 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.
- 1800 (1897) We found some Indians, who had many sturgeon and various kinds of small fishes, such as catfish, piccanan. . . .
- 1952 (1954) At the same time there were catfish and sturgeon of immense size in the river, as well as pike, piccanon. . . .
- c1804 (1890) 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.