Definition of Esox niger

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

Exact synonyms: Chain Pickerel, Chain Pike
Generic synonyms: Pickerel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Esox Niger

Eskimoan
Eskimoans
Eskimologist
Eskimologists
Eskimology
Eskimos
Esmarch bandage
Esmarch tourniquet
Esme
Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson
Esmeralda
Esmerelda
Esox americanus
Esox lucius
Esox masquinongy
Esox niger
Espana
Espanish
Esparanto
Esperantido
Esperantism
Esperantisms
Esperantist
Esperantists
Esperanto
Espoo
Espírito Santo
Esq
Esquimau
Esquimaux

Literary usage of Esox niger

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

1. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1849)
"... the Wabash, and others of the western waters, and The Black Pickerel (Esox Niger), of Pennsylvania. Of all these species, the first two form the type, ..."

2. Fishing by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell (1885)
"... the Long Island Pickerel (Esox fasciatus), probably confined to that locality ; the white Pickerel (Esox vittatus), the black Pickerel (esox niger), ..."

3. The Game Fish of the Northern States and British Provinces: With an Account by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (1884)
"... esox niger, of Pennsylvania and of Saratoga Lake, New York, which Dr. De Kay presumes to be only the young of the common pickerel. ..."

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