Dictionary entry

Muskellunge

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mus″kel‐lunge (?), n.(Zoöl.) A large American pike (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, maskinonge, muskallonge, muskellonge, and muskelunjeh.]