pick·er·el (p k  r-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. [Middle English pikerel, diminutive of pike, pike; see pike2.] |
pickerel [ˈpɪkərəl ˈpɪkrəl]
n pl -el, -els
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several North American freshwater game fishes, such as Esox americanus and E. niger: family Esocidae (pikes, walleye, etc.)
[a small pike; diminutive of pike1]
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| 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 barred pickerel, Esox americanus, redfin pickerel - small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states |
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