Muskellonge

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muskellunge \Mus"kel*lunge\, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.]
     (Zool.)
     A large American pike ({Esox masquinongy} formerly {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}, {maskalonge},


     {maskinonge}, {muskallonge}, {muskellonge}, and
     {muskelunjeh}.]
     [1913 Webster]