pickerel

English Thesaurus

1. any of several North American species of small pike (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	pike,
definition	:	any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	chain pickerel, chain pike, esox niger,
definition	:	common in quiet waters of eastern United States (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	barred pickerel, esox americanus, redfin pickerel,
definition	:	small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states (noun.animal)

2. flesh of young or small pike (noun.food)

hypernym	:	pike,
definition	:	highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh (noun.food)