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blue pike

American  

noun

  1. an extinct variety of the walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum, inhabiting the Great Lakes until around 1980.

Etymology

Origin of blue pike

First recorded in 1835–45

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The lake's prize fish�walleyes, blue pike, yellow perch and whitefish�have all but disappeared, and the fishing fleets along with them.

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