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单词 pickerel
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pickerel

noun

pick·​er·​el ˈpi-k(ə-)rəl How to pronounce pickerel (audio)
plural pickerel or pickerels
1
a
dialectal, chiefly British : a young or small pike
b
: either of two fishes resembling but smaller than the related northern pike:
(1)
: chain pickerel
(2)
: one (Esox americanus) of eastern North America having green or red fins and a black bar below and slanting away from the eye
2
: walleye sense 3

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Keeping the rod high, at least 45 degrees above the surface, greatly facilitates this retrieve and allows feeling a pickerel taking the lure or bait. Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 Nov. 2021 Sometimes a pickerel hits hard, but often the take is extremely subtle. Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 Nov. 2021 Though bluefish depart cooler waters, gray trout and speckled trout become more accessible along with white perch, yellow perch and brackish water pickerel. Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Oct. 2021 But my 5-year-old daughter, already a bluegill and pickerel slayer, is itching to graduate. Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 30 Mar. 2020 Bluegills over 11 inches have come to hand and the ever present toothy critters (pike and pickerel) always seem to be around. Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Oct. 2019 Trout are beautiful and wise, pickerel are neither. Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2020 Often, the general contractor catches enough crappie to feed the whole block, not to mention plenty of bass, pickerel, perch, basically anything with fins. Jason Nark, Philly.com, 8 July 2018 The grounds of the Old U.S. Mint now hold Louisiana irises, carnivorous pitcher plants, pickerel weed, spider lily, aquatic milkweed, swamp goldenrod and swamp Sunflowers, all in a large sugar kettle. Kendra Parks, NOLA.com, 24 May 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English pikerel, diminutive of pike

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

pickerel

noun

pick·​er·​el ˈpi-kə-rəl How to pronounce pickerel (audio)
ˈpik-rəl
plural pickerel or pickerels
: a freshwater fish that resembles but is smaller than the related pike
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