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muskellunge

(mus′kə lunj′)

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a very large pike (Esox masquinongy) of the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi drainages, valued as a game and food fish

also called muskie

Origin: Ojibwa maaskinoozhe < maazh-, similar to + ginoozhe, northern pike

See muskellunge in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or mus·ke·lunge

noun pl. muskellunge 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.

Origin:

Origin: Canadian French maskinongé

Origin: , from Ojibwa maashkinoozhe

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