Muskellunge Definition

muskəlunj
muskellunge, muskelunge
noun
A very large pike (Esox masquinongy) of the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi drainages, valued as a game and food fish.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Muskellunge

  • From French masque allongé (“long mask"), a corruption of Ojibwe maashkinoozhe (“ugly pike"). Not related to German Muskel (“muscle"), Lunge (“lung").

    From Wiktionary

  • Canadian French maskinongé from Ojibwa maashkinoozhe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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