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pickerel definition

pick·erel (pik′ər əl)

noun pl. pickerel -·el or pickerels -·els

  1. any of various small, North American pike fishes (genus Esox)
  2. walleye (sense )
  3. Brit. a young pike

Etymology: ME < pik, pike + -rel, dim. suffix

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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