muskellunge

• maskinonge, muskelunge, muscallonge, maskinonge, milliganong

From French masque allongé (“long mask”), a corruption of Ojibwe maashkinoozhe (“ugly pike”) or Algonquin maskinunga.[1] Not related to German Muskel (“muscle”), Lunge (“lung”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌskəlʌnd͡ʒ/

muskellunge (plural muskellunges or muskellunge)

1. A large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; Esox masquinongy.

• muskie, musky