'Esox lucius' definitions:

Definition of 'Esox lucius'

From: WordNet
noun
Voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere [syn: northern pike, Esox lucius]

Definition of 'Esox lucius'

From: GCIDE
  • Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. & v., Peak, Pique.]
  • 1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the wall-eye. See Wall-eye. [1913 Webster]
  • Gar pike. See under Gar.
  • Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye, and Sauger.
  • Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in directing floating logs.
  • Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic (Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; -- called also piked whale.
  • Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
  • Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish (a) . [1913 Webster]