pickerel
noun
pick·er·el
ˈpi-k(ə-)rəl
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)
(2)
: one (Esox americanus) of eastern North America having green or red fins and a black bar below and slanting away from the eye
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