muskallonge
Americannoun
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muskallonge
plural
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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 Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
I call forty pounds light for a muskallonge; fifty to seventy is about my figure.
From Their Pilgrimage by Charles Dudley Warner
But this is not the case when the fishermen return home, for then it appears that they have been dealing mainly with muskallonge, and with bass by the way.
From Their Pilgrimage by Charles Dudley Warner
Why, I'll catch you some be-'utiful muskallonge for dinner.
From The Ice Queen by Ernest Ingersoll
A party of Seneca Indians were fishing in the lake and caught a large muskallonge.
From The Story of Chautauqua by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
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