Crossword clues for muskellunge
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 fish. [Written also maskallonge, maskalonge, maskinonge, muskallonge, muskellonge, and muskelunjeh.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"large North American pike," 1789, from Algonquian (Ojibwa) maashkinoozhe; the second element kinoozhe "pike;" the first either mac "great," maazh- "similar to," or maazh- "ugly." Altered by French folk etymology as masque allongé "long mask." Called muskie for short (1894).
Wiktionary
n. A large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; ''Esox masquinongy''.
WordNet
n. flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish
large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America [syn: Esox masquinongy]
[also: muskallunge (pl)]
Wikipedia
The muskellunge (Esox masquinongy), also known as muskelunge, muscallonge, milliganong, or maskinonge (and often abbreviated "muskie" or "musky"), is a species of large, relatively uncommon freshwater fish native to North America. The muskellunge is the largest member of the pike family, Esocidae. The common name comes from the Ojibwa word maashkinoozhe, meaning "ugly pike", by way of French masque allongé (modified from the Ojibwa word by folk etymology), "elongated face." The French common name is masquinongé or maskinongé.
The muskellunge is known by a wide variety of trivial names including Ohio muskellunge, Great Lakes muskellunge, barred muskellunge, Ohio River pike, Allegheny River pike, jack pike, unspotted muskellunge and the Wisconsin muskellunge.
Usage examples of "muskellunge".
Momentarily free, Lorayne turned on the Muskellunge men and forced them back.
Back in fifty-two, our clan had a dispute with Muskellunge clan that broke out into fighting.
Lorayne gestured toward the other end of the tavern where a pair of Muskellunge clansmen sat glowering at them.
Coedric the Coelacanth and the legendary Gypsy Queen, but as fate would have it the two Muskellunge clansmen sulking at the far end of the tavern jumped up at that moment.
Vainly he hopes for the muskellunge who has just gone somewhere else, but, by the same token, the sure-enough angler is ready to go out next morning, rain or shine, at sunrise.
Whoever has taken in a muskellunge of any size will ever after troll patiently, even through masses of weed.
Having caught your fish, you may cook him in a thousand ways, but it is doubtful whether, even with the finest sauce, a pompano will taste half as good as the infantile muskellunge, several pounds under the legal weight, fried unskilfully in pork fat by a horny-handed woodsman, kneeling before an open fire, eighteen minutes after you had given up all hope of having fish for dinner, and had resigned yourself to the dubious prospect of salt pork, eggs, and coffee which any self-respecting coffee-mill would fail to recognize.