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pickerel - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Noun
pickerel (plural pickerel or pickerels)
- A freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
- ✤ I see, that the Pickrell -fish, and the Swallowes live well by her lawes.1
- (Canada) Walleye, A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.
- A wading bird, the dunlin.
Etymology
From Middle English pikerel; equivalent to pike + -rel.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈpɪk(ə)ɹəl/
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Link to original Footnotes
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC: ↩
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