musky

Italian translation: luccio nord americano

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English term or phrase:musky
Italian translation:luccio nord americano

07:32 Sep 29, 2001
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology
English term or phrase: musky
A musky is a fish. A short word for muskellunge, or maskalonge or maskanonge and it is a large North American freshwater game fish. Similar to a pike but bigger.
How can I translate it into Italian? Is there a word for it?
Robbie
Local time: 15:47
Luccio Nord Americano
Explanation:
This fish, its various names and pictures are featured in the page
http://www.insidesportfishing.com/Encyclopedia/Articles/2117...
where its scientific name is shown as "Esox masquinongy" (family: Esocidae, in Italian Esocidi).

In Italian it is called "Luccio Nordamericano".
It doesn't exist in Europe, where it is found the similar Esox lucius (called "Luccio Nord Europeo" in Italian)

See: www.squali.com/Echinorhinus_brucus_trust.htm



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Luccio Nord Americano


Explanation:
This fish, its various names and pictures are featured in the page
http://www.insidesportfishing.com/Encyclopedia/Articles/2117...
where its scientific name is shown as "Esox masquinongy" (family: Esocidae, in Italian Esocidi).

In Italian it is called "Luccio Nordamericano".
It doesn't exist in Europe, where it is found the similar Esox lucius (called "Luccio Nord Europeo" in Italian)

See: www.squali.com/Echinorhinus_brucus_trust.htm





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