different between pickerel vs walleye

English

Etymology

From Middle English pikerel; equivalent to pike +? -rel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?k(?)??l/

Noun

pickerel (plural pickerel or pickerels)

1. A freshwater fish of the genus Esox.
2. (Canada) Walleye, A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.
3. A wading bird, the dunlin.

Usage notes

• The plural ending in "s" refers especially to multiple varieties (e.g when speaking of multiple species), whereas the other is preferred when speaking of multiple fish of the same kind.

Derived terms

• American pickerel
• chain pickerel
• grass pickerel
• pickerel frog
• redfin pickerel

Translations

See also

• pike

Anagrams

• repickle

English

Noun

walleye (plural walleyes or walleye)

1. (plural "walleyes") One or a pair of sideways-looking misaligned eyes.
2. (plural "walleyes") An unusually pale eye.
3. (plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

Synonyms

• (Sander vitreus): walleyed pike colored pike, yellow pike, pickerel, Stizostedion vitreum

Derived terms

• walleyed
• walleyed pike

Translations

Anagrams

• eyewall