Definition of Chain pike

1. Noun. Common in quiet waters of eastern United States.

Exact synonyms: Chain Pickerel, Esox Niger
Generic synonyms: Pickerel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chain Pike

chain gangs
chain guard
chain gun
chain guns
chain isomer
chain letter
chain letters
chain lightning
chain locker
chain lockers
chain mail
chain of custody
chain of mountains
chain of title
chain pickerel
chain pike (current term)
chain printer
chain pump
chain reaction
chain reactions
chain reactor
chain reflex
chain saw
chain saws
chain smoker
chain stitch
chain stitches
chain store
chain stores
chain story

Literary usage of Chain pike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"chain pike.— Rock Hill Pond and Dingmans Ferry, in the Delaware Basin, Pike Co. (HT Wolff). Esox lucius Linnaeus. PIKE.— Although I did not secure any ..."

2. Cardigan: A Novel by Robert William Chambers (1901)
"A chain-pike!" cried Sir William, briskly. " Do you net him, Michael, else Felicity will take a swim she has not bargained for!" "I ran to Sir William, ..."

3. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey by North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905) (1907)
"... sea silver 274, speckled 230, white 230, 274, yellow finned Pickerel 143, Pig-fish chain Pike 139, Pilot black blue duck-billed gar perch '. red-finned ..."

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