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Pickerel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A small pike, a fish of the genus Esox.

Pickerel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A young or small pike.

2. Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species.

3. The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.

Pickerel-weed [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant supposed to breed pickerels.