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Definition of Pickerel

1. Noun. Flesh of young or small pike.

2. Noun. Any of several North American species of small pike.

Definition of Pickerel

1. n. A young or small pike.

Definition of Pickerel

1. Noun. A freshwater fish of the genus ''Esox''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pickerel

1. a freshwater fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pickerel

1. 1. A young or small pike. "Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel." (Chaucer) 2. Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, especially. The smaller species. The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye. The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus) and the brook pickerel (E. 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, 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. Origin: Dim. Of Pike Alternative forms: pickerell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pickerel

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Literary usage of Pickerel

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

1. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"Oshkosh: A party caught a pickerel 36 inches long, and another party brought in a string of ... Dousman: One man caught 7 pickerel from 2 to 16 pounds. ..."

2. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1851)
"THE LONG ISLAND pickerel, Esox Fasciatus, probably peculiar to Long Island, formerly Nassau Island, ... And THE BLACK pickerel, Esox Niger, of Pennsylvania. ..."

3. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1869)
"Don't you see that the large pickerel is going into the weeds, and that I can not ... In skittering for pickerel with live minnow, the shiner is the best. ..."

4. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"Sides grayish, unspotted or with very vague dark cross- shades ; immaculatus, 240 Banded pickerel Esox americanus Gmelin This small pickerel, ..."

5. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1875)
"Don't you see that the large pickerel is going into the weeds, and that I can not ... In skittering for pickerel with live minnow, the shiner is the best. ..."

6. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1869)
"Don't you see that the large pickerel is going into the weeds, and that I can not prevent him ... In skittering for pickerel with live minnow, the shiner is ..."

7. With Rod and Gun in New England and the Maritime Provinces by Edward Augustus Samuels (1897)
"Yes," I replied, " it is often called a big pickerel or pike, but it is quite another fish. Although it has the same number of fins, and they are placed in ..."

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