English-Thai Dictionary
pickerel
N ปลา เล็กๆ จำพวก Esox
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PICKEREL
n.[from pike. ] A small pike, a fish of the genus Esox.
PICKEREL-WEED
n.A plant supposed to breed pickerels.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PICKEREL
Pick "er *el, n. Etym: [Dim. of Pike. ] [Written also pickerell.]
1. A young or small pike. [Obs. ] Bet [better ] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel. Chaucer.
2. (Zoöl.) (a ) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species. (b ) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye.
Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus ) and the brook pickerel (E. Americanus ) are the most common American species. They are used for food, and are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the pike is called pickerel. Pickerel weed (Bot. ), a blue-flowered aquatic plant (Pontederia cordata ) having large arrow- shaped leaves. So called because common in slow-moving waters where pickerel are often found.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pickerel
pick er el |ˈpik (ə )rəl ˈpɪkərəl | ▶noun ( pl. same or pickerels ) a small North American pike. [Genus Esox, family Esocidae: several species, including the grass (or redfin ) pickerel (E. americanus ).] • a young pike. ORIGIN Middle English: diminutive of pike 1 .
pickerelweed
pick er el weed |ˈpik (ə )rəlˌwēd ˈpɪkərəlwid | ▶noun a freshwater plant with broad arrow-shaped leaves and spikes of blue flowers that was formerly believed to give rise to, or provide food for, young pike. [● Pontederia cordata, family Pontederiaceae. ]
Oxford Dictionary
pickerel
pickerel |ˈpɪk (ə )r (ə )l | ▶noun ( pl. same or pickerels ) a small pike occurring in North America. ●Genus Esox, family Esocidae: several species, including the redfin (or grass ) pickerel (E. americanus ). • a young pike. ORIGIN Middle English: diminutive of pike 1 .
pickerelweed
pick ¦erel |weed |ˈpɪkərəlˌwiːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] either of two broadleaved freshwater plants which were formerly believed to give rise to, or provide food for, young pike. ● a North American plant with spikes of blue flowers (Pontederia cordata, family Pontederiaceae ). ● Brit. dialect term for pondweed .
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