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pickerel

pick·er·el [ píkərəl ] (plural pick·er·el or pick·er·els)


noun 
Definition:
 
N American fish of pike family: a predatory fish of the pike family, popular as a game fish. Native to: North America.  Latin name Esox niger.

[14th century. <pike1; partly after Anglo-Latin picerellus]
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