MUSKELLUNGE (muskallunge)

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Irregular inflected form: muskallunge   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does muskellunge mean? 

• MUSKELLUNGE (noun)
  The noun MUSKELLUNGE has 2 senses:

1. flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish

2. large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America

  Familiarity information: MUSKELLUNGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSKELLUNGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("muskellunge" is a kind of...):

pike (highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh)

Holonyms ("muskellunge" is a part of...):

Esox masquinongy; muskellunge (large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Esox masquinongy; muskellunge

Hypernyms ("muskellunge" is a kind of...):

pike (any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere)

Meronyms (parts of "muskellunge"):

muskellunge (flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish)