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pickerels

pickerels is the plural of pickerel.

Meaning of pickerel

Noun

pickerel (plural pickerel or pickerels)

  1. A freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
    • I see, that the Pickrell-fish, and the Swallowes live well by her lawes.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. (Canada) Walleye, A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.
  3. A wading bird, the dunlin.

See all 6 meanings of pickerel

Proper noun capitalized: Pickerels

Pickerels

  1. (plural) plural of Pickerel

Questions about pickerels

What is pickerels the plural of?
Pickerels is the plural of pickerel.
What part of speech is pickerels?
Pickerels is a proper noun.

Words near pickerels in the dictionary

  1. picker-uppers
  2. pickerel
  3. pickerel frog
  4. pickerel weed
  5. pickerel weeds
  6. pickerels
  7. pickerelweed
  8. pickerelweeds
  9. pickeries
  10. Pickerill
  11. Pickerills

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