pickerel

/ˈpɪkərəl/

Other forms: pickerels

Definitions of pickerel

1. noun

   any of several North American species of small pike
   types:

   Esox niger, chain pickerel, chain pike

   common in quiet waters of eastern United States

   Esox americanus, barred pickerel, redfin pickerel

   small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states

   type of:

   pike

   any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
2. noun

   flesh of young or small pike
   type of:

   pike

   highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh