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[muhs-kuh-luhnj] 
mus⋅kel⋅lunge
[muhs-kuh-luhnj] –noun, plural -lung⋅es, (especially collectively
) -lunge.
) -lunge. | a large game fish, Esox masquinongy, of the pike family, found in the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America. |
Also, maskalonge, maskinonge, muskallonge.
Origin:
1780–90, Americanism; earlier muskinunge, masquenongez (F sp.), etc., < CanF maskinongé < Ojibwa ma⋅skino⋅ŝe⋅, ma⋅ŝkino⋅ŝe⋅ (equiv. to Proto-Algonquian *mya⋅ŝi similar to, kind of + *kenweŝye⋅wa northern pike)
1780–90, Americanism; earlier muskinunge, masquenongez (F sp.), etc., < CanF maskinongé < Ojibwa ma⋅skino⋅ŝe⋅, ma⋅ŝkino⋅ŝe⋅ (equiv. to Proto-Algonquian *mya⋅ŝi similar to, kind of + *kenweŝye⋅wa northern pike)
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| mus·kel·lunge or mus·ke·lunge
(mŭs'kə-lŭnj') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. muskellunge or mus·kel·lung·es or muskelunge or mus·ke·lung·es A large food and game fish (Esox masquinongy), the largest member of the pike family, found in lakes and rivers of the northern United States and southern Canada. [Canadian French maskinongé, from Ojibwa maashkinoozhe.] |
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muskellunge
muskellunge
"large N.Amer. pike," 1789, from Algonquian (Ojibwa) maashkinoozhe; the second element kinoozhe "pike;" the first either mac "great," maazh- "similar to," or maazh- "ugly." Altered by Fr. folk etymology as masque allongé "long mask." Called muskie for short (1894).
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| muskellunge | |
noun | |
| 1. | flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish |
| 2. | large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America |
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Muskellunge
Mus"kel*lunge\, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.) A large American pike (Esox nobilitor) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also maskallonge, maskinonge, muskallonge, muskellonge, and muskelunjeh.]
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