esox lucius

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   voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere

   Synonymsnorthern pike

   Broaderpike

Questions about esox lucius

What does esox lucius mean?

esox lucius means "voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere".

What is another word for esox lucius?

Close synonyms include northern pike. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is esox lucius a common word?

esox lucius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.