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pick⋅er⋅el

  [pik-er-uhl, pik-ruhl]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) -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.
Origin:
1300–50; ME pickerel. See pike 1 , -erel
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pick·er·el   (pĭk'ər-əl, pĭk'rəl)   
n.   pl. pickerel or pick·er·els

  1. Any of several small North American freshwater game and food fishes of the genus Esox, especially E. reticulatus, of the eastern and southern United States.

  2. Any of various fishes, such as the walleye, similar or related to the pickerel.

  3. Chiefly British A young pike.


[Middle English pikerel, diminutive of pike, pike; see pike2.]
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Word Origin & History

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.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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