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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PICK'EREL, n. [from pike.] A small pike, a fish of the genus Esox.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: flesh of young or small pike
2: any of several North American species of small pike

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -el or -els) Etymology: Middle English pikerel, diminutive of pike Date: 13th century 1. a. dialect chiefly British a young or small pike b. either of two fishes resembling but smaller than the related northern pike: (1) chain pickerel (2) one (Esox americanus) of eastern North America having green or red fins and a black bar below and slanting away from the eye 2. walleye 3

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. same or pickerels) a young pike. Etymology: ME, dimin. of PIKE(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.