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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sauger  \Sau"ger\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  An  American  fresh-water  food  fish  ({Stizostedion  Canadense}); 
  --  called  also  {gray  pike},  {blue  pike},  {hornfish},  {land 
  pike},  {sand  pike},  {pickering},  and  {pickerel}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pickerel  \Pick"er*el\,  n.  [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.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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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