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pickerel |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sauger \Sau"ger\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American fresh-water food fish ({Stizostedion Canadense}); -- called also {gray pike}, {blue pike}, {hornfish}, {land pike}, {sand pike}, {pickering}, and {pickerel}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pickerel \Pick"er*el\, n. [Dim. of {Pike}.] [Written also {pickerell}.] 1. A young or small pike. [Obs.] Bet [better] is quoth he a pike than a pickerel. --Chaucer. 2. (Zo["o]l.) a Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus {Esox}, esp. the smaller species. b The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See {Wall-eye}. Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel ({Esox reticulatus}) and the brook pickerel ({E. Americanus}) are the most common American species. They are used for food, and are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the pike is called pickerel. {Pickerel weed} (Bot.), a blue-flowered aquatic plant ({Pontederia cordata}) having large arrow-shaped leaves. So called because common in slow-moving waters where pickerel are often found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pickerel n 1: flesh of young or small pike 2: any of several North American species of small pike From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Pickerel, WI Zip code(s): 54465
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