muskellunge
[ muhs-kuh-luhnj ]
/ ˈmʌs kəˌlʌndʒ /
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noun, plural mus·kel·lung·es, (especially collectively) mus·kel·lunge.
a large game fish, Esox masquinongy, of the pike family, found in the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America.
Nearby words
- muskallonge,
- muskeg,
- muskego,
- muskegon,
- muskegon heights,
- musket,
- musketeer,
- musketry,
- muskie,
- muskie, edmund sixtus
Origin of muskellunge
1780–90, Americanism; earlier muskinunge, masquenongez (French spelling), etc., < Canadian French maskinongé < Ojibwa ma·skino·ŝe·, ma·ŝkino·ŝe· (equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *mya·ŝi similar to, kind of + *kenweŝye·wa northern pike)
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Examples from the Web for muskellunge
Once a twenty pound muskellunge had been caught, and bass were plentiful.
A Son of the City|Herman Gastrell Seely
muskellunge
maskalonge (ˈmæskəˌlɒndʒ) or maskanonge (ˈmæskəˌnɒndʒ)
/ (ˈmʌskəˌlʌndʒ) /
noun plural -lunges, -longes, -nonges, -lunge, -longe or -nonge
a large North American freshwater game fish, Esox masquinongy: family Esocidae (pikes, etc)Often (informal) shortened to: musky, muskie
Word Origin for muskellunge
C18: maskinunga, of Algonquian origin; compare Ojibwa mashkinonge big pike
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muskellunge
"large North American pike," 1789, from Algonquian (Ojibwa) maashkinoozhe; the second element kinoozhe "pike;" the first either mac "great," maazh- "similar to," or maazh- "ugly." Altered by French folk etymology as masque allongé "long mask." Called muskie for short (1894).
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