| 单词 | northern pike |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnorthern pike northern pike n. originally North American the European pike, Esox lucius (family Esocidae), a freshwater fish of northern Eurasia and North America valued for food and for sport. ΚΠ 1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Oct. 437 Esox boreus, or the Great Northern Pike.] 1856 Porter's Spirit of Times 1 Nov. 142 Esox Boreus, or the northern pike..ranks next to the muscalonge among our lake fishes. 1990 T. King One Good Story, That One (1993) 39 He would call me and my sisters to show us a picture of a rainbow trout breaking water, or a northern pike rolled on its side. northern pike a. A long-bodied, predatory freshwater fish, Esox lucius (family Esocidae), occurring in both Eurasia and North America and having a pointed snout with large teeth (more fully northern pike). Later also: (frequently with distinguishing word) any of several other fishes of the genus Esox occurring in eastern North America and Siberia. Cf. pickerel n.1Occasionally (e.g. quots. c1395, 1840-70) applied spec. to the adult fish, as distinguished from the pickerel or jack (Jack n.2 35a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Esocidae (pikes) > [noun] > member of pike1314 pike fish1494 pickerel1709 lucioid1859 mud pike1870 herring-pike- the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Esocidae (pikes) > [noun] > esox lucius (true pike) hakedeOE pike1314 ged1324 water wolfa1398 luce14.. pike fish1494 lucetc1550 wolf1555 lucern1615 river wolf1655 jack fish1659 luscio1680 lupus1706 pickerel1709 esox1774 fresh-water shark1799 pickering1842 northern1950 1314 Wardrobe Accts. Edward II 21/12 Dars, roches, et pik. 1347–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 546 Will'o Hostiario pro exp. suis piscando in Mordon Kerr pro pikes capiend. c1395 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 1419 ‘Old fissh and yong flessh wolde I haue feyn; Bet is,’ quod he, ‘a pyk than a pykerel.’ Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 396 Pyke, fysche, Dentrix, lucius, lupus. a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 10 On a fyssday take Pyke or Elys. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 395/2 As lollardes dyd of late, that put a pygge into ye water on good fryday, & sayd goe in pygge, and come oute pyke. 1598 Househ. Bks. James VI & Anne 7 June Ane greitt pyke. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xix. 185 Pikes or River-wolves are greatly commended by Gesner and divers learned Authors for a wholesom meat. 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 181 A River Pike grows fast till he arrives at twenty-four..Inches in length; then he stands a little more at stay. 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Leith River It abounds with trout, and contains a few pike. 1840–70 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports 1101 When the fish does not exceed 4 lbs. or 5 lbs. in weight it is called in England ‘a jack’, and above that weight ‘a pike’. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 167 And watch the long pike basking lie Outside the shadow of the weed. 1906 N.E.D. (at cited word) Among N. American species are the federation pike, Esox americanus, great pike, E. nobilior, hump-backed pike, E. cypho. 1927 A. C. Weed Pike Pickerel & Muskallonge 29 Esox ohioensis... In the southern streams..this fish is called ‘Pike’. 1962 Times 12 Apr. 7/3 Waterways full of bass, northern pike and muskies. 1993 Outdoor Canada Mar. 33/3 So few pike survive to a large size that the ones who do have virtual free reign to raid the pantry. < as lemmas |
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