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noun, plural (especially collectively) pick·er·el, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) pick·er·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.
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pickerel
1388, dim. of pike "fish" (see pike (3)). The -erel suffix was borrowed from O.Fr. -erelle, which sometimes has a derogatory sense (cf. dogerel, wastrel, etc.).
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