Definition of pickerel
plural pickerel
or pickerels
1 a
dialectal, chiefly British
: a young or small pike
b
: either of two fishes resembling but smaller than the related northern pike:
(1)
: chain pickerel
(2)
: one (Esox americanus) of eastern North America having green or red fins and a black bar below and slanting away from the eye
2
: walleye 3
