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Northern pike   /nˈɔrðərn paɪk/   Listen
Northern pike

noun
1.
Voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere.  Synonym: Esox lucius.





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... was the first to describe a large and valuable species of pike, which he found in Lake Superior,—the Northern Pike (Esox Boreus). This is the most common species of pike in the St. Lawrence basin, though usually confounded with the common pickerel (Esox Reticulatus). It grows to the size of fifteen or twenty pounds, and is a better table-fish than Esox Reticulatus. It may ...
— Atlantic Monthly Volume 7, No. 40, February, 1861 • Various


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