pike

pike

¹

1. any of several large predatory freshwater teleost fishes of the genus Esox, esp E. lucius (northern pike), having a broad flat snout, strong teeth, and an elongated body covered with small scales: family Esocidae

2. any of various similar fishes

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pike

²

Northern English dialect a pointed or conical hill

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pike

³, piked

(of the body position of a diver) bent at the hips but with the legs straight

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pike

[pīk]

(geology)

A mountain or hill which has a peaked summit.

(vertebrate zoology)

Any of about five species of predatory fish which compose the family Esocidae in the order Clupeiformes; the body is cylindrical and compressed, with cycloid scales that have deeply scalloped edges.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Pike

“he expectorates vehemently” [Am. Lit.: At Home and Abroad, Hart, 655]

See: Coarseness

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