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muskellunge

/ˈmʌskəlʌnd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
muskel-lunge
IPA
/ˈmʌskəlʌnd͡ʒ/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: masque allongé, maashkinoozhe, maskinunga

Inflected Forms

muskellunges (plural) maskinonge (alternative) muskelunge (alternative) muscallonge (alternative) milliganong (alternative)

Synonyms

muskie musky esox masquinongy

Questions

How do you pronounce muskellunge?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmʌskəlʌnd͡ʒ/.
What does muskellunge mean?
A large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; Esox masquinongy.
Where does muskellunge come from?
It is traced to French.

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