pickerel

See also: Pickerel

English

Etymology

From Middle English pikerel; equivalent to pike +‎ -rel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪk(ə)ɹəl/

Noun

pickerel (plural pickerel or pickerels)

A pickerel.

1. A freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     I see, that the Pickrell-fish, and the Swallowes live well by her lawes.

2. (Canada) Walleye, A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.
3. A wading bird, the dunlin.

Usage notes

• The plural ending in "s" refers especially to multiple varieties (e.g when speaking of multiple species), whereas the other is preferred when speaking of multiple fish of the same kind.

Derived terms

• American pickerel
• chain pickerel
• grass pickerel
• pickerel frog
• pickerel weed
• redfin pickerel

Translations

fish

• Abenaki: watagwa
• Bulgarian: млада щука f (mlada štuka)
• German: Hecht (de) m

See also

• pike

Anagrams

• repickle