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Definition of Family Esocidae
1. Noun. Pikes; pickerels; muskellunges.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Esox, Genus Esox
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Esocidae
Literary usage of Family Esocidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1913)
"... months Variegated Minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus 2 years Rainwater-fish, Lucania
parva 1 to 2 months Family ESOCIDAE ..."
2. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature. by William Clowes and Sons (1884)
"156, and some half-a-dozen exotic species, all inhabitants of fresh water, is
alone comprised in the family Esocidae. The above-named well-known British ..."
3. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1869)
"... section Abdominales, family Esocidae, and genus Esox." The pickerel or pike
spawns in March and April, and should not be caught between January and July ..."
4. Handbook of the Marine and Freshwater Fishes of the British Islands by William Saville Kent (1883)
"156, and some half-a-dozen exotic species, all inhabitants of fresh water, is
alone comprised in the family Esocidae. The above-named well-known British ..."
5. New English Canaan: Notes & Text by Thomas Morton (2000)
"ln Europe the Bronze Bream (Abramis brama) is a "large gamefish of sluggish
freshwaters" Pikes of the family Esocidae (like Northern Pike above); ..."
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