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muskellunge

N ปลาช นิดหนึ่ง  muskie pla-cha-nid-nuang

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MUSKELLUNGE

Mus "kel *lunge, n. Etym: [From the Amer. Indian name. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

muskellunge

mus kel lunge |ˈməskəˌlənj ˈməskəˌlənʤ | noun a large pike that occurs only in the Great Lakes region. Also called maskinonge or lunge 3. [Esox masquinongy, family Esocidae. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Canadian French maskinongé, from Ojibwa māskinōs̆ē.

 

Oxford Dictionary

muskellunge

muskellunge |ˈmʌskəˌlʌn (d )ʒ | noun a large pike that occurs only in the Great Lakes region of North America. Also called maskinonge. Esox masquinongy, family Esocidae. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: based on Ojibwa, great fish .