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muskellunge
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun muskellunge has 2 senses
- muskellunge(n = noun.food) Array - flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish; Array is a part of esox masquinongy, muskellunge
- muskellunge(n = noun.animal) esox masquinongy - large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America; Array is a kind of pike
is a kind of pike
has parts: muskellunge
CIDE DICTIONARY
muskellunge, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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