maskalonge

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(maskə lonj′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mas•ka•longe  (maskə lonj′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -long•es, (esp. collectively) -longe. 
  1. Fishmuskellunge.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mus•kel•lunge  (muskə lunj′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lung•es, (esp. collectively) -lunge. 
  1. Fisha large game fish, Esox masquinongy, of the pike family, found in the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America.
Also, maskalonge, maskinonge, muskallonge. 
  • Ojibwa ma·skino·še·, ma·škino·še· (equivalent. to Proto-Algonquian *mya·ši similar to, kind of + *kenwešye·wa northern pike)
  • Canadian French maskinongé
  • earlier muskinunge, masquenongez (French spelling, spelled), etc., 1780–90, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
maskanonge /ˈmæskəˌnɒndʒ/, maskinonge /ˈmæskɪˌnɒndʒ/, maskalonge /ˈmæskəˌlɒndʒ/ n ( pl -nonges, -nonge, -longes, -longe)
  1. variants of muskellunge
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
muskellunge /ˈmʌskəˌlʌndʒ/, maskalonge /ˈmæskəˌlɒndʒ/, maskallonge /ˈmæskəˌlɒndʒ/, maskanonge /ˈmæskəˌnɒndʒ/ n ( 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
Etymology: 18th Century: maskinunga, of Algonquian origin; compare Ojibwa mashkinonge big pike
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