pickerel 音標拼音: [p'ɪkɚəl]
n . 小梭魚,梭魚子
小梭魚,梭魚子
pickerel n 1 :
flesh of young or small pike 2 :
any of several North American species of small pike Sauger \
Sau "
ger \,
n . (
Zool .)
An American fresh -
water food fish ({
Stizostedion Canadense });
--
called also {
gray pike }, {
blue pike }, {
hornfish }, {
land pike }, {
sand pike }, {
pickering },
and {
pickerel }.
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Saugh
Pike \
Pike \,
n . [
F .
pique ;
perhaps of Celtic origin ;
cf .
W .
pig a prick ,
a point ,
beak ,
Arm .
pik pick .
But cf .
also L .
picus woodpecker (
see {
Pie }
magpie ),
and E .
spike .
Cf . {
Pick },
n . &
v ., {
Peak }, {
Pique }.]
1 . (
Mil .)
A foot soldier '
s weapon ,
consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff ,
with a pointed steel head .
It is now superseded by the bayonet .
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2 .
A pointed head or spike ;
esp .,
one in the center of a shield or target . --
Beau . &
Fl .
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3 .
A hayfork . [
Obs .
or Prov .
Eng .] --
Tusser .
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4 .
A pick . [
Prov .
Eng .] --
Wright .
Raymond .
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5 .
A pointed or peaked hill . [
R .]
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6 .
A large haycock . [
Prov .
Eng .] --
Halliwell .
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7 .
A turnpike ;
a toll bar . --
Dickens .
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8 . (
Zool .)
sing . &
pl .
A large fresh -
water fish ({
Esox lucius }),
found in Europe and America ,
highly valued as a food fish ; --
called also {
pickerel }, {
gedd }, {
luce },
and {
jack }.
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Note :
Blue pike ,
grass pike ,
green pike ,
wall -
eyed pike ,
and yellow pike ,
are names ,
not of true pike ,
but of the wall -
eye .
See {
Wall -
eye }.
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{
Gar pike }.
See under {
Gar }.
{
Pike perch } (
Zool .),
any fresh -
water fish of the genus {
Stizostedion } (
formerly {
Lucioperca }).
See {
Wall -
eye },
and {
Sauger }.
{
Pike pole },
a long pole with a pike in one end ,
used in directing floating logs .
{
Pike whale } (
Zool .),
a finback whale of the North Atlantic ({
Bal [
ae ]
noptera rostrata }),
having an elongated snout ; --
called also {
piked whale }.
{
Sand pike } (
Zool .),
the lizard fish .
{
Sea pike } (
Zool .),
the garfish (
a ) .
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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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