Definition of Esox lucius

1. Noun. Voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere.

Exact synonyms: Northern Pike
Generic synonyms: Pike

Lexicographical Neighbors of Esox Lucius

Eskimo roll
Eskimo rolls
Eskimoan
Eskimoans
Eskimologist
Eskimologists
Eskimology
Eskimos
Esmarch bandage
Esmarch tourniquet
Esme
Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson
Esmeralda
Esmerelda
Esox americanus
Esox lucius (current term)
Esox masquinongy
Esox niger
Espana
Espanish
Esparanto
Esperantido
Esperantism
Esperantisms
Esperantist
Esperantists
Esperanto
Espoo
Espírito Santo
Esq

Literary usage of Esox lucius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"Caudal forked. Fresh waters of the temperate parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. 1. Esox lucius. Synonymy for European Specimens. The Pike. Hecht. ..."

2. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"THE PIKE [Esox lucius, Linn.1]. The stomach passes down almost as low as the anus in a straight line, then turns quickly; but at this bend is the pylorus. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1863)
"Another individual was seen flying about in the same neighbourhood. It is a rare winter visitant to Britain and Ireland. V. Notice of a Pike, Esox lucius, ..."

4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1901)
"495), Esox lucius; (5) " Die Hohle von Halve in West- falen" ... 504), Esox lucius. The age of the specimens from the first two localities is doubtful. ..."

5. Lake Superior: Its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals, Compared by Louis Agassiz, James Elliot Cabot (1850)
"The description which he gives of it* is too incomplete to enable us to recognize it; the more so, as that description is made with reference to Esox lucius ..."

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