DCHP-2

maskinonge [< Cnd F masquinongé < Algonk.; cf. Cree mashkkinonche great pike.] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• n.

  • Other etymologies have been proposed for this much-used word, for example:

• 2 n.

  a large species of pike, Esox masquinongy, weighing up to 80 pounds, found principally in the Great Lakes system. Many spellings.

  See also: lunge  muskellunge  muskie