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  muskie

  noun

  muskellunge.
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  Muskie

  noun

  Edmund (Sixtus) 1914–96, U.S. politician: senator 1959–80; secretary of state 1980–81.

muskie

¹ American  

[muhs-kee] / ˈmʌs ki /

noun

1. muskellunge.

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Muskie ² American  

[muhs-kee] / ˈmʌs ki /

noun

1. Edmund (Sixtus) 1914–96, U.S. politician: senator 1959–80; secretary of state 1980–81.

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Muskie ¹ British  

/ ˈmʌskɪ /

noun

1. Edmund ( Sixtus ). 1914–96, US Democratic politician: Governor of Maine (1955–59): senator for Maine (1959–80): Secretary of State (1980–81)

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muskie ² British  

/ ˈmʌskɪ /

noun

1. an informal name for the muskellunge

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Etymology

Origin of muskie

First recorded in 1890–95; musk(ellunge) + -ie

Example Sentences

Kyle Mullenix, a Hagerstown resident, caught the record muskie — known as the “fish of ten thousand casts” — while fishing along the banks of the upper Potomac River.

From Washington Times • Mar. 23, 2022

An angler on the other side of the country in Minnesota recently broke a decades-old record after reeling in a large muskie.

From Fox News • Dec. 28, 2021

Burke Lake, Fairfax Station: Walleye and muskie are cool-water fish, and Burke is a warm-water lake, says John Odenkirk, a Northern Virginia district fisheries biologist.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2018

David Hickman of Richland broke the tiger muskie record with a 37.88 pound fish he caught July 26 in Curlew Lake in Ferry County using a white spinner bait.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2014

I had gear in the canoe for a week and I was trying to catch a muskie so I could let it go.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen