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Muskellunge

//ˈmʌskəlʌnd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; Esox masquinongy.
  2. 2
    large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America wordnet
  3. 3
    flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish wordnet

Etymology

From French masque allongé (literally “long mask”), a corruption of Ojibwe maashkinoozhe (literally “ugly pike”) or Algonquin maskinunga. Not related to German Muskel (“muscle”) or Lunge (“lung”).

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