HyperDic: northern_pike

English > 1 sense of the expression *northern pike*:
NOUN	animal	northern pike, Esox lucius	voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere

English > *northern pike*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere.
Synonym	Esox lucius
Broader	pike	Any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere