blue pike
noun
an extinct variety of the walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum, inhabiting the Great Lakes until around 1980.
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Also called blue pickerel, blue pikeperch, blue walleye.
Origin of blue pike
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby blue pike
blue note, blue-on-blue, blue-pencil, blue peter, blue phlox, blue pike, blue pill, blue plate, bluepoint, blue pointer, blueprint
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