mus·kel·lunge or mus·ke·lunge (m s k -lnj )n. pl. muskellunge or mus·kel·lung·es or muskelunge or mus·ke·lung·es A large food and game fish (Esox masquinongy), the largest member of the pike family, found in lakes and rivers of the northern United States and southern Canada. [Canadian French maskinongé, from Ojibwa maashkinoozhe.] |
muskellunge [ˈmʌskəˌlʌndʒ], maskalonge [ˈmæskəˌlɒndʒ], maskanonge [ˈmæskəˌnɒndʒ]
n pl -lunges, -longes, -nonges, -lunge -longe, -nonge
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large North American freshwater game fish, Esox masquinongy: family Esocidae (pikes, etc.) Often (informal) shortened to musky, muskie
[C18 maskinunga, of Algonquian origin; compare Ojibwa mashkinonge big pike]
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| Noun | 1. |  muskellunge - flesh of very large North American pike; a game fishEsox masquinongy, muskellunge - large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America pike - highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh |
| 2. |  muskellunge - large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North Americapike - any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere muskellunge - flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish |
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