muskallonge
Americannoun
plural
muskallongeExample Sentences
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Up to that time, it is said, no muskallonge had ever been caught in that lake; but the eggs in that fish propagated their kind, until it became abundant.
From The Story of Chautauqua by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
I'd like to try my hand at a muskallonge.
From Their Pilgrimage by Warner, Charles Dudley
A party of Seneca Indians were fishing in the lake and caught a large muskallonge.
From The Story of Chautauqua by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
Why, I'll catch you some be-'utiful muskallonge for dinner.
From The Ice Queen by Ingersoll, Ernest
Then the fish commissioners decided to stock the lake with muskallonge, in the hope that the latter would destroy the voracious carp, and eventually afford good catches themselves.
From Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 by Various
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