muskie


mus·kie

or mus·ky M0496900 (mŭs′kē)n. pl. mus·kies The muskellunge.

muskie

(ˈmʌskɪ) n (Animals) Canadian an informal name for the muskellunge

Muskie

(ˈmʌskɪ) n (Biography) Edmund (Sixtus). 1914–96, US Democratic politician: Governor of Maine (1955–59): senator for Maine (1959–80): Secretary of State (1980–81)

mus•kel•lunge

(ˈmʌs kəˌlʌndʒ)

n., pl. -lung•es, (esp. collectively) -lunge. a large pike, Esox masquinongy, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi drainage. [1780–90, Amer.; < Canadian French maskinongé < Ojibwa ma·skino·še·, ma·škino·še·]