PICKEREL

pickerel

(noun) any of several North American species of small pike

pickerel

(noun) flesh of young or small pike

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pickerel (plural pickerel or pickerels)

A freshwater fish of the genus Esox.

(Canada) Walleye, A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

A wading bird, the dunlin.

Usage notes

• The plural ending in "s" refers especially to multiple varieties (e.g when speaking of multiple species), whereas the other is preferred when speaking of multiple fish of the same kind.

Anagrams

• repickle

Proper noun

Pickerel (plural Pickerels)

A surname.

An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.

An unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin.

Anagrams

• repickle

Source: Wiktionary


Pick"er*el, n. Etym: [Dim. of Pike.] [Written also pickerell.]

1. A young or small pike. [Obs.] Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel. Chaucer.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species. (b) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.

Note: 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 (Bot.), 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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