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PICKEREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pickerel mean? 

PICKEREL (noun)
  The noun PICKEREL has 2 senses:

1. flesh of young or small pikeplay

2. any of several North American species of small pikeplay

  Familiarity information: PICKEREL used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PICKEREL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of young or small pike

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pickerel" is a kind of...):

pike (highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several North American species of small pike

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pickerel" is a kind of...):

pike (any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pickerel"):

chain pickerel; chain pike; Esox niger (common in quiet waters of eastern United States)

barred pickerel; Esox americanus; redfin pickerel (small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states)


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