5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sauger \Sau"ger\, n. (Zool.) An American fresh-water food fish ({Stizostedion Canadense}); -- called also {gray pike}, {blue pike}, {hornfish}, {land pike}, {sand pike}, {pickering}, and {pickerel}. [1913 Webster] Saugh From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus woodpecker (see {Pie} magpie), and E. spike. Cf. {Pick}, n. & v., {Peak}, {Pique}.] 1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet. [1913 Webster] 2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser. [1913 Webster] 4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond. [1913 Webster] 5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.] [1913 Webster] 6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also {pickerel}, {gedd}, {luce}, and {jack}. [1913 Webster] Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the wall-eye. See {Wall-eye}. [1913 Webster] {Gar pike}. See under {Gar}. {Pike perch} (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus {Stizostedion} (formerly {Lucioperca}). See {Wall-eye}, and {Sauger}. {Pike pole}, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in directing floating logs. {Pike whale} (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic ({Bal[ae]noptera rostrata}), having an elongated snout; -- called also {piked whale}. {Sand pike} (Zool.), the lizard fish. {Sea pike} (Zool.), the garfish (a) . [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pickerel \Pick"er*el\, n. [Dim. of {Pike}.] [Written also {pickerell}.] 1. A young or small pike. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) (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}. [1913 Webster] Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel ({Esox reticulatus}) and the brook pickerel ({Esox 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. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: pickerel n 1: flesh of young or small pike 2: any of several North American species of small pike From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Pickerel, WI Zip code(s): 54465
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