Muskellunge \Mus"kel*lunge\, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large American pike ({Esox nobilitor}) found in the Great
Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence
River. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also
{maskallonge}, {maskinonge}, {muskallonge}, {muskellonge},
and {muskelunjeh}.]