macock

noun

ma·​cock

variants or maycock

ˈmāˌkäk

plural -s

: an inferior melon or other cucurbit formerly cultivated by the Indians of eastern North America

Word History

Etymology

from mawcawk, mahawk (in some Algonquian language of Virginia)

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