[pik-er-uh
l, pik-ruhl] 
) -el, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -els. | 1. | any of several small species of pike, as Esox niger (chain pickerel) and E. americanus americanus (redfin pickerel), of eastern North America. |
| 2. | the walleye or pikeperch, Stizostedion vitreum. |
| 3. | British. a young pike. |
| chain pickerel n. A freshwater game and food fish (Esox niger) of eastern North America. |