The northern pike, Esox lucius, esp. one that is large in size.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Esocidae (pikes) > [noun] > esox lucius (true pike) (30) hakedeOE The northern pike, Esox lucius, esp. one that is large in size. pike1314 A long-bodied, predatory freshwater fish, Esox lucius (family Esocidae), occurring in both Eurasia and North America and having a pointed snout… ged1324 The fish Esox lucius; the pike or luce. water wolfa1398 a predatory aquatic or semiaquatic animal; esp. a pike (pike, n.3 a). luce14.. The pike (Esox lucius), esp. when full grown. pike fish1494 lucetc1550 A pike; = luce, n.1 wolf1555 Applied to other animals in some way resembling wolves. A name for various voracious fishes (after Greek λύκος, Latin lupus): see also sea-wolf, n.… lucern1615 The full-grown pike; = luce, n.1 river wolf1655 A pike (genus Esox). jack fish1659 †(a) the northern pike, Esox lucius (cf. sense 35a) (obsolete); (b) a carangid fish (cf. sense 35c). luscio1680 A luce or pike. lupus1706 The pike or luce. pickerel1709 Chiefly North American. Any of several (chiefly smaller) kinds of North American pike, as (more fully grass pickerel) Esox americanus and (more fully… esox1774 The name of a large fish mentioned by Pliny (in first quot. apparently identified with the Sturgeon); the Corpus Glossary (800) renders the name by… fresh-water shark1799 a jocular name for the pike, alluding to its voracity. pickering1842 U.S. = pickerel, n.1 2. northern1950 U.S. = northern pike n. at compounds. Subcategories:— female (2) — young or small (7) — in first year (1) — parts of (2) |
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