muskellunge

Examples

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• You got a muskellunge?

  Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)

• I was teaching at a writer's conference, feeling, as you do at these things, that I was a minnow of some small knowledge pursued by voracious muskellunge hungry for the same.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Bill showed me photos of an astounding array of fish he has caught in rural ponds hereabouts, including large muskies (muskellunge), a species few of us ever dreamed would proliferate on their own in Ohio farm ponds.

  Blog text (12)

• Anglers flock to the lake in hopes of catching a trophy muskellunge during the summer.

• The guide pointed out a muskellunge lurking among the weeds, ready to strike at any moment.

• Many fishing enthusiasts travel to North America specifically to target muskellunge for its size and challenge.

Synonyms

M

muskie

vsmuskellunge

• US

2 8.1

A large freshwater fish from North America that eats other fish

is the specific term that also notes it is sometimes eaten

G

game fish

vsmuskellunge

• Specialized

2 5.0

A fish that people catch for sport, not for food or money

is a particular predatory species valued both for sport and sometimes as food

E

Esox masquinongy

vsmuskellunge

• Specialized

1 9.9

A large North American freshwater fish that eats other fish and people catch for sport

also includes occasional use as food besides being valued for sport

Surface Forms

Etymology