Pickerel
['pɪk(ə)r(ə)l]
Definition
(noun.) any of several North American species of small pike.
(noun.) flesh of young or small pike.
Inputed by Leslie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A young or small pike.
(n.) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.
(n.) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
Checked by Eli
Definition
n. an American pike: a wading bird the dunlin.
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Examples
- When this pickerel saw the red roach through the glass, he made one of those awful dashes which is usually the ruin of whatever stands in its way; but he didn't reach the red roach. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At the end of three-quarters of an hour he seemed a little shaken and discouraged, and stopped, and the red roach was taken out for that day and the pickerel left. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The pickerel doubtless attributed to the roach all this shaking, the rebuff which he had received. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I beg your Honors to read the testimony of Mr. Clarke in the light of the anecdote of the pickerel and the roach. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Among the rest he put a pickerel into a tank containing water, and separated across its middle by a transparent glass plate, and on the other side he put a red roach. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On the succeeding day the red roach was restored, and the pickerel had forgotten the impressions of the first day, and he repeated this again. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is the story of the pickerel and the roach. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The plate glass was then removed, and the pickerel and the red roach sailed around together in perfect peace ever afterward. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Now your Honors both know how a pickerel loves a red roach, and I have no doubt you will remember that he is a fish of a very low forehead and an unlimited appetite. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At the end of the three weeks, the time during which the pickerel persisted each day had been shortened and shortened, until it was at last discovered that he didn't try at all. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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