pickerel

pick·er·el  (pkr-l, pkrl)

n. pl. pickerel or pick·er·els

1. Any of several small North American freshwater game and food fishes of the genus Esox, especially E. reticulatus, of the eastern and southern United States.

2. Any of various fishes, such as the walleye, similar or related to the pickerel.

3. Chiefly British A young pike.

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[Middle English pikerel, diminutive of pike, pike; see pike².]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pickerel - flesh of young or small pike         pike - highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
	2.	pickerel - any of several North American species of small pike pike - any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere chain pickerel, chain pike, Esox niger - common in quiet waters of eastern United States barred pickerel, Esox americanus, redfin pickerel - small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states