muskie
See also: Muskie
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From muskellunge + -ie.
Noun
[edit]muskie (plural muskies)
- (informal) muskellunge; a large freshwater gamefish of the pike family.
- 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies:
- As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.