muskellunge

UK: /ˈmʌskəˌlʌndʒ/ US: (mus′kə lunj′)

Inflections of 'muskellunge' (n):

muskellunges

npl (All usages)

muskellunge

npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "The lake is full of muskellunge.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mus•kel•lunge  (mus′kə lunj′), n., pl. -lung•es, (esp. collectively) -lunge. 

1. Fish a 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::

muskellunge / ˈmʌskəˌlʌndʒ/, maskalonge / ˈmæskəˌlɒndʒ/, maskallonge / ˈmæskəˌlɒndʒ/, maskanonge / ˈmæskəˌnɒndʒ/ noun ( -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