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pickerel
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pickerel
(gcide) | Sauger \Sau"ger\, n. (Zool.)
An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense);
-- called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, {land
pike}, sand pike, pickering, and pickerel.
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pickerel
(gcide) | Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
jack.
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Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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Gar pike. See under Gar.
Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
and Sauger.
Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.
Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
(Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
called also piked whale.
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
(a) .
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Pickerel
(gcide) | Pickerel \Pick"er*el\, n. [Dim. of Pike.] [Written also
pickerell.]
1. A young or small pike. [Obs.]
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Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel.
--Chaucer.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the
genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.
(b) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
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Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus)
and the brook pickerel (Esox Americanus) are the most
common American species. They are used for food, and
are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the
pike is called pickerel.
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Pickerel weed (Bot.), a blue-flowered aquatic plant
(Pontederia cordata) having large arrow-shaped leaves.
So called because common in slow-moving waters where
pickerel are often found.
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pickerel
(wn) | pickerel
n 1: flesh of young or small pike
2: any of several North American species of small pike |
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chain pickerel
(encz) | chain pickerel, n: |
pickerel
(encz) | pickerel,malá štika n: Zdeněk Brož |
pickerel frog
(encz) | pickerel frog, n: |
pickerel weed
(encz) | pickerel weed, n: |
pickerelweed
(encz) | pickerelweed, n: |
pickerelweed family
(encz) | pickerelweed family, n: |
redfin pickerel
(encz) | redfin pickerel, n: |
pickerel
(gcide) | Sauger \Sau"ger\, n. (Zool.)
An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense);
-- called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, {land
pike}, sand pike, pickering, and pickerel.
[1913 Webster] SaughPike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
jack.
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Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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Gar pike. See under Gar.
Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
and Sauger.
Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.
Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
(Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
called also piked whale.
Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Pickerel \Pick"er*el\, n. [Dim. of Pike.] [Written also
pickerell.]
1. A young or small pike. [Obs.]
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Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel.
--Chaucer.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the
genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.
(b) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus)
and the brook pickerel (Esox Americanus) are the most
common American species. They are used for food, and
are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the
pike is called pickerel.
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Pickerel weed (Bot.), a blue-flowered aquatic plant
(Pontederia cordata) having large arrow-shaped leaves.
So called because common in slow-moving waters where
pickerel are often found.
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Pickerel weed
(gcide) | Pickerel \Pick"er*el\, n. [Dim. of Pike.] [Written also
pickerell.]
1. A young or small pike. [Obs.]
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Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel.
--Chaucer.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the
genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.
(b) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus)
and the brook pickerel (Esox Americanus) are the most
common American species. They are used for food, and
are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the
pike is called pickerel.
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Pickerel weed (Bot.), a blue-flowered aquatic plant
(Pontederia cordata) having large arrow-shaped leaves.
So called because common in slow-moving waters where
pickerel are often found.
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pickerell
(gcide) | Pickerel \Pick"er*el\, n. [Dim. of Pike.] [Written also
pickerell.]
1. A young or small pike. [Obs.]
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Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel.
--Chaucer.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the
genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.
(b) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus)
and the brook pickerel (Esox Americanus) are the most
common American species. They are used for food, and
are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the
pike is called pickerel.
[1913 Webster]
Pickerel weed (Bot.), a blue-flowered aquatic plant
(Pontederia cordata) having large arrow-shaped leaves.
So called because common in slow-moving waters where
pickerel are often found.
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barred pickerel
(wn) | barred pickerel
n 1: small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states [syn:
redfin pickerel, barred pickerel, Esox americanus] |
blue pickerel
(wn) | blue pickerel
n 1: variety inhabiting the Great Lakes [syn: blue pike, {blue
pickerel}, blue pikeperch, blue walleye, {Strizostedion
vitreum glaucum}] |
chain pickerel
(wn) | chain pickerel
n 1: common in quiet waters of eastern United States [syn:
chain pickerel, chain pike, Esox niger] |
pickerel
(wn) | pickerel
n 1: flesh of young or small pike
2: any of several North American species of small pike |
pickerel frog
(wn) | pickerel frog
n 1: a meadow frog of eastern North America [syn: {pickerel
frog}, Rana palustris] |
pickerel weed
(wn) | pickerel weed
n 1: American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in
shallow water of streams and ponds [syn: pickerelweed,
pickerel weed, wampee, Pontederia cordata] |
pickerelweed
(wn) | pickerelweed
n 1: American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in
shallow water of streams and ponds [syn: pickerelweed,
pickerel weed, wampee, Pontederia cordata] |
pickerelweed family
(wn) | pickerelweed family
n 1: aquatic or bog plants [syn: Pontederiaceae, {family
Pontederiaceae}, pickerelweed family] |
redfin pickerel
(wn) | redfin pickerel
n 1: small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states [syn:
redfin pickerel, barred pickerel, Esox americanus] |
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