zander

American  

[zan-der] / ˈzæn dər /

noun

• zanders,
  plural
• zander
  plural

1. a freshwater pikeperch, Stizostedion (Lucioperca) lucioperca, of central Europe, valued as a food fish.

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zander British  

/ ˈzændə /

noun

1. a freshwater teleost pikeperch of Europe, Stizostedion lucioperca, valued as a food fish

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• zander
  plural
• zanders
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of zander

First recorded in 1850–55; from German, from Low German Sander, Sandart, Zanat, Sanat, of uncertain origin ( Polish sandacz is probably from Low German )

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Example Sentences

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zander

A better one is the perch-pike or zander.

From More Science From an Easy Chair by Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester

Then came a tank of young sturgeon; and, in a general assembly next door, were a few wall-eyed pike; this is really a pike-perch, differing in the markings, however, from the zander of Central Europe.

From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior

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