pickerel

(pĭkˈər-əl, pĭkˈrəl)

1. Any of several small North American freshwater game and food fishes of the genus Esox, especially E. reticulatus, of the eastern and southern United States.
2. Any of various fishes, such as the walleye, similar or related to the pickerel.
3. Chiefly British A young pike.