muskellunge

名词 n.

英文释义

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

词形变化

muskellunges plural muskellunge plural maskinonge alternative muskelunge alternative muscallonge alternative milliganong alternative

词源

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