pickerel

American  

[pik-er-uhl, pik-ruhl] / ˈpɪk ər əl, ˈpɪk rəl /

noun

• pickerel,
  plural
• pickerels
  plural

1. any of several small species of pike, as Esox niger chain pickerel and E. americanus americanus redfin pickerel, of eastern North America.

2. the walleye or pikeperch, Stizostedion vitreum.

3. British. a young pike.

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pickerel British  

/ ˈpɪkərəl, ˈpɪkrəl /

noun

1. any of several North American freshwater game fishes, such as Esox americanus and E. niger: family Esocidae (pikes, walleye, etc)

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pickerel
  plural
• pickerels
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pickerel

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English pickerel, pekerel; see origin at pike ¹, -erel

Example Sentences

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pickerel pickerels

The list includes two fish: the endangered redfin pickerel and the threatened swamp darter.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2021

Rice plants are also squeezed by competing species like pickerel weed, which absorbs sunlight and essential nutrients.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 1, 2020

Edisto River to Willtown Bluff - No eating mudfish, largemouth bass, chain pickerel, channel catfish or flathead catfish.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 11, 2018

McPhee doesn’t know what to do, and so he begins, spontaneously, to talk about fish, particularly a species that he had recently been out catching in New Hampshire: the aggressively ravenous pickerel.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2017

The clear tree-fringed lakes and rivers are filled with speckled trout and steelheads, pike and pickerel and whitefish.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

"Forty-eight justices of the peace dead as pickerels," Forbes said.

From The Eyes Have It by James McKimmey