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pickerel

 
Dictionary: pick·er·el   (pĭk'ər-əl, pĭk'rəl) pronunciation

n., pl., pickerel, or -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.]


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Any of several North American pikes (family Esocidae), distinguished from the northern pike and muskellunge by their smaller size, completely scaled cheeks and gill covers, and banded or chainlike markings. The chain pickerel (Esox niger) grows to about 2 ft (0.6 m) and a weight of about 3 lbs (1.4 kg). The barred (E. americanus) and grass (E. vermiculatus) pickerels reach a maximum weight of about 1 lb (0.5 kg).

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: flesh of young or small pike

Meaning #2: any of several North American species of small pike


Wikipedia: Pickerel (disambiguation)
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Pickerel can refer to:


Translations: Pickerel
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ung gedde

Nederlands (Dutch)
(jonge) snoek, ketensnoek

Français (French)
n. - brochet

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hecht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιχθυολ.) μικρή τούρνα

Italiano (Italian)
piccolo luccio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lúcio novo (m) (Ictiol.)

Русский (Russian)
щука

Español (Spanish)
n. - lucio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (ung)gädda

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
小梭鱼, 梭鱼子

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小梭魚, 梭魚子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 강꼬치 고기, 새끼 강꼬치 고기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - カワカマス, カワカマスの幼魚

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الصغير من سمك الكراكي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זאב-המים, פיקרל (דג)‬


 
 

 

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