muskellunge

英 ['mʌskə,lʌn(d)ʒ] 美 ['mʌskə,lʌndʒ]
  • n. 大梭鱼

英文词源


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).

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