mus|kel|lunge

mus|kel|lunge
mus|kel|lunge «MUHS kuh luhnj», noun, plural -lunge.
a very large North American pike. The muskellunge is valued as a food and game fish. It is a very hard fish to catch. Muskellunge occasionally grow to a length of about 5½ feet and a weight of about 70 pounds. Also, maskalonge, maskanonge, muskallonge.
[American English < Canadian French masquinongé < Algonkian (Ojibwa) mâskinonjē (literally) big fish]

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  • lunge — mus·kel·lunge; lunge; mus·kal·lunge; …   English syllables

  • mus — ag·o·nos·to·mus; alai·mus; an·i·mus; an·iso·tre·mus; an·oph·thal·mus; an·thon·o·mus; an·tros·to·mus; ap·o·de·mus; au·los·to·mus; bor·bo·ryg·mus; bot·u·lis·mus; brach·y·lae·mus; bro·mus; bu·li·mus; bu·to·mus; cal·a·mus; car·tha·mus; ca·tos·to·mus; …   English syllables

  • kel — bric·kel·lia; ka·ton·kel; kel·e·be; kel·li·on; kel·logg; kel·lup·weed; kel·sey; kel·ty; mus·kel·lunge; noek·kel·ost; raths·kel·ler; si·kel·i·an; ta·kel·ma; yo·kel; yo·kel·ish; yo·kel·ry; wan·kel; kel·ly; kel·pie; kel·vin; snor·kel; cak·chi·kel;… …   English syllables

  • muskellunge — mus·kel·lunge …   English syllables

  • muskellunge — mus•kel•lunge [[t]ˈmʌs kəˌlʌndʒ[/t]] n. pl. lung•es, (esp. collectively) lunge. ich a large pike, Esox masquinongy, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi drainage • Etymology: 1780–90, amer.; < CanF maskinongé < Ojibwa ma·skino·še·,… …   From formal English to slang

  • Esox masquinongy — Muskellunge Mus kel*lunge, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Esox nobilior — Muskellunge Mus kel*lunge, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • maskallonge — Muskellunge Mus kel*lunge, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • maskalonge — Muskellunge Mus kel*lunge, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • maskinonge — Muskellunge Mus kel*lunge, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.] (Zo[ o]l.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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