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Esox   Listen
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Esox  n.  (Zoöl.) A genus of fresh-water fishes, including pike and pickerel.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Esox" Quotes from Famous Books



... where the fish is caught, for short call it "'lunge." As offering a minimum strain upon the pen, in this form I will refer to it in the course of my chronicle of how I caught my sample. The fish is, in a word, the great pike (Esox nobilior), and it is to all intents and purposes possessed of the general characteristics of the Esocidae family. Our old friend E. lucius occurs in Ontario waters, and the Indians call it kenosha. The French having, in old days, rendered this kinonge, we can easily understand why the name, as adopted ...
— Lines in Pleasant Places - Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler • William Senior



Words linked to "Esox" :   pike, Esocidae, family Esocidae, Esox masquinongy, Esox lucius, Esox niger, fish genus



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