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Webster 1913 Edition
Muskellunge
Mus′kel-lunge
,Noun.
[From the Amer. Indian name.]
(Zool.)
A large American pike (
Esox masquinongy
formerly Esox nobilior
) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also
maskallonge
, maskalonge
, maskinonge
, muskallonge
, muskellonge
, and muskelunjeh
.] Definition 2024
muskellunge
muskellunge
English
muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)
Alternative forms
- maskinonge, muskelunge, muscallonge, maskinonge, milliganong
Noun
muskellunge (plural muskellunges or muskellunge)
- A large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; Esox masquinongy.
Synonyms
Translations
Esox masquinongy
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