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noun

Pickerel n. (Written also pickerell)

A young or small pike. (Obs.) "Bet (better) is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel."

(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. 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.

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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Etymology of 'Pickerel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pickerel" Quotes from Famous Books

... serpentine course between the wood and the prairie. There was at the period of which we treat, a small deep bay formed by two adjacent and densely wooded points of land, in the cool shades of which the pike, the black bass, and the pickerel loved to lie in the heat of summer, and where, in early spring, though in less numbers, they were wont to congregate. This was the customary fishing spot of the garrison—six men and a non-commissioned officer, repairing there almost ...

— Hardscrabble - The Fall of Chicago: A Tale of Indian Warfare • John Richardson

... beavers showed their wisdom by leaving several low places over which the water could trickle, thus relieving the pressure that otherwise would have broken the dam. Now the stream overflowed its low banks, making a deep pond, soon to become the home of pickerel and trout and of a great colony of water-lilies, a ...

— Followers of the Trail • Zoe Meyer

... pickerel from the lakes, and the poultry and half-kept joints had had their share of attention, and a pair of fine wild ducks were set on the table, the tongues of the party found something to ...

— Queechy • Susan Warner

Words linked to "Pickerel" : Esox niger, redfin pickerel, pickerel weed, chain pickerel, Esox americanus, barred pickerel, blue pickerel, pickerel frog