Mus"kel*lunge (?), n. [From the Amer. Indian name.] Zool.

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.]

 

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