macock

Etymology
or, or from a combination of the two.

Noun

 * 1)  A particular plant formerly grown by Native Americans of Virginia and Maryland, thought to be a variety of squash.
 * 2) * 1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, quoted by Kupperman in 1988:
 * In May amongst their corne they plant Pumpeons, and a fruit like unto a muske millen, but lesse and worse, which they call Macocks.