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 pickerel ['pikәrәl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 狗鱼



    pickerel
    [ noun ]
    1. flesh of young or small pike

    2. <noun.food>
    3. any of several North American species of small pike

    4. <noun.animal>


    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 ({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.

    {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.

    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}.


    Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
    a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
    woodpecker (see {Pie} magpie), and E. spike. Cf. {Pick}, n. &
    v., {Peak}, {Pique}.]
    1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
    wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
    now superseded by the bayonet.

    2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
    shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.

    3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.

    4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.

    5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]

    6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

    7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.

    8. (Zo["o]l.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
    lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
    food fish; -- called also {pickerel}, {gedd}, {luce}, and
    {jack}.

    Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
    yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
    wall-eye. See {Wall-eye}.

    {Gar pike}. See under {Gar}.

    {Pike perch} (Zo["o]l.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
    {Stizostedion} (formerly {Lucioperca}). See {Wall-eye},
    and {Sauger}.

    {Pike pole}, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
    directing floating logs.

    {Pike whale} (Zo["o]l.), a finback whale of the North
    Atlantic ({Bal[ae]noptera rostrata}), having an elongated
    snout; -- called also {piked whale}.

    {Sand pike} (Zo["o]l.), the lizard fish.

    {Sea pike} (Zo["o]l.), the garfish
    (a) .

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