pickerel
noun
any of several small species of pike, as Esox niger chain pickerel and E. americanus americanus redfin pickerel, of eastern North America.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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"Forty-eight justices of the peace dead as pickerels," Forbes said.
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