muskellunge

英 ['mʌskə,lʌn(d)ʒ] 美['mʌskə,lʌndʒ]

muskellunge (n.): "large North American pike," 1789, from Algonquian (Ojibwa) maashkinoozhe; the second element kinoozhe "pike;" the first either mac "great," maazh- "similar to," or maazh- "ugly." Altered by French folk etymology as masque allongé "long mask." Called muskie for short (1894).