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Definition of Esox niger
1. Noun. Common in quiet waters of eastern United States.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esox Niger
Literary usage of Esox niger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1849)
"... the Wabash, and others of the western waters, and The Black Pickerel (Esox
Niger), of Pennsylvania. Of all these species, the first two form the type, ..."
2. Fishing by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell (1885)
"... the Long Island Pickerel (Esox fasciatus), probably confined to that locality ;
the white Pickerel (Esox vittatus), the black Pickerel (esox niger), ..."
3. The Game Fish of the Northern States and British Provinces: With an Account by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (1884)
"... esox niger, of Pennsylvania and of Saratoga Lake, New York, which Dr. De Kay
presumes to be only the young of the common pickerel. ..."
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