pickerel noun¹. ['pɪk(ǝ)r(ǝ)l] ME.
[Dim. of PIKE noun³: see -REL and cf. Anglo-Latin pikerellus. Cf. PICAREL.]
1. A young pike. ME.

2. Any of several (esp. smaller) kinds of American pike, as Esox americanus and E. niger. Chiefly N. Amer. M18.

Comb.:
pickerel frog US a common N. American frog, Rana palustris; pickerel-weed any of several freshwater plants; esp. (a) dial. any of various pondweeds (genus Potamogeton); (b) the N. American plant Pontederia cordata (family Pontederiaceae), with heart-shaped leaves and spikes of blue flowers.

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pickerel noun². ['pɪk(ǝ)r(ǝ)l] Scot. M19.
[Prob. from PICK verb¹ + -REL (cf. DOTTEREL).]
A small wading bird; esp. the dunlin.

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