Definition of Pickerel
Pick´er`el
n.
1.
A
young
or
small
pike
.
Bet
[
better
]
is
,
quoth
he
,
a
pike
than
a
pickerel
.
- Chaucer.
2.
(Zool.)
Any
one
of
several
species
of
freshwater
fishes
of
the
genus
Esox
,
esp
.
the
smaller
species
.
Pickerel weed
(Bot.)
a
blue-flowered
aquatic
plant
(
Pontederia
cordata
)
having
large
arrow-shaped
leaves
.
So
called
because
common
in
slow-moving
waters
where
pickerel
are
often
found
.
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