maskalonge
[
mas
-k
uh
-lonj]
/ˈmæs kəˌlɒndʒ/
noun
,
plural
maskalonges
(
especially collectively
)
maskalonge.
1.
muskellunge
.
British Dictionary definitions for
maskalonge
maskanonge
/
ˈmæskəˌnɒndʒ
/
noun
(
pl
)
-nonges,
-nonge,
-longes,
-longe
1.
variants of
muskellunge
muskellunge
/
ˈmʌskəˌlʌndʒ
/
noun
(
pl
)
-lunges,
-longes,
-nonges,
-lunge,
-longe,
-nonge
1.
a large North American freshwater game fish,
Esox masquinongy:
family
Esocidae
(pikes, etc)
Often (informal) shortened to
musky,
muskie
Word Origin
C18:
maskinunga,
of Algonquian origin; compare Ojibwa
mashkinonge
big pike