'Pike whale' definitions:
Definition of 'Pike whale'
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 It is now superseded by the bayonet.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]