blue pike


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blue pike

n.
A type of walleye (Sander vitreus subsp. glaucum) having a bluish-gray body, formerly found in the Great Lakes and now thought to be extinct. Also called blue walleye.
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blue′ pike′


n.
a variety of the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum glaucum, inhabiting Lake Erie: extinct.
[1835–45]
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Noun1.blue pike - variety inhabiting the Great Lakes
blue pickerel, blue pikeperch, blue walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum
jack salmon, Stizostedion vitreum, walleyed pike, dory, walleye - pike-like freshwater perches
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