muskie
Variant of muskellunge
muskellunge
definition
☆ mus·kel·lunge (mus′kə lunj′)
noun pl. muskellunge -·lunge′
a very large pike (Esox masquinongy) of the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi drainages, valued as a game and food fish
also called muskie mus′·kie (-kē)
Etymology: Ojibwa maaskinoozhe < maazh-, similar to + ginoozhe, northern pike
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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