Pickeerer | n. One who pickeers. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Pickerel | n. [ Dim. of Pike. ] Bet [ better ] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus) and the brook pickerel (Esox 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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pickerel | (n) flesh of young or small pike |
pickerel | (n) any of several North American species of small pike |
pickerel frog | (n) a meadow frog of eastern North America, Syn. Rana palustris |
pickerelweed | (n) American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds, Syn. wampee, Pontederia cordata, pickerel weed |
Pickerel | n. [ Dim. of Pike. ] Bet [ better ] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus) and the brook pickerel (Esox 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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