northern pike

English

Northern pike

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːðən paɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹðɚn paɪk/

Noun

northern pike (plural northern pikes)

1. A species of pike, Esox lucius.

Synonyms

• (Esox lucius): American pike (US), common pike (US), Great Lakes pike (US), great northern pike (Canada), great northern pickerel (US and Canada), jack (US and Canada), jackfish (US and Canada), lucy (archaic), pickerel (US and Canada), pike (Canada and UK), (slang, humorous) slough shark (Canada), snake pickerel, snake (US); water wolf, wolf (US)

Translations

Esox lucius

• Basque: lutxo
• Catalan: luci (ca) m
• Chukchi: юуткуннээн (juutkunnėėn)
• Dutch: snoek (nl) m
• Estonian: haug (et)
• Finnish: hauki (fi)
• French: grand brocher m
• German: Europäischer Hecht
• Mazanderani: چکا (čekâ)
• Romanian: știucă (ro) f
• Russian: щу́ка (ru) f (ščúka)
• Spanish: lucio (es)
• Swedish: gädda (sv) c
• Welsh: penhwyad (cy) m

Further reading

• northern pike on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Esox lucius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Esox lucius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons