Adjacent Words

muskellunge definitions

	Tweet

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish
2: large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America [syn: muskellunge, Esox masquinongy]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural muskellunge) Etymology: alteration of Canadian French maskinongé, from Ojibwa ma•skino•še• Date: 1777 a large North American pike (Esox masquinongy) that has dark markings, may weigh over 60 pounds (27 kilograms), and is a valuable sport fish

Britannica Concise

Species (Esox masquinongy) of somewhat uncommon pike valued as a fighting game fish and, to a lesser extent, as a food fish. It inhabits weedy rivers and lakes of the N. Amer. Great Lakes region. It averages about 20 lbs (9 kg), but may grow to 6 ft (1.8 m) long and weigh 80 lbs (36 kg) or more, making it the largest fish in the pike family. The lower part of the cheeks and the gill covers are scaleless.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. = MASKINONGE. Etymology: Algonquian

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Muskellunge Mus"kel*lunge, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.) A large American pike (Esox nobilitor) 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, maskinonge, muskallonge, muskellonge, and muskelunjeh.]