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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pickerel \Pick"er*el\, n. [Dim. of {Pike}.] [Written also
{pickerell}.]
1. A young or small pike. [Obs.]
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Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel.
--Chaucer.
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2. (Zool.)
(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}.
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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.
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{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.
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