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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