blue pike
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- noun
- US
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lucio azul
- The distinctive coloring helped the blue pike stand out among other fish in the region.
Examples
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The blue pike was once abundant in Lake Erie but is now considered extinct.
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Fishermen recalled catching blue pike during the early 20th century.
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The blue pike is a rare fish species.
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Many anglers hope to catch a blue pike this season.
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The blue pike was a distinctive fish known for its bluish coloration in the Great Lakes.
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Many fishermen hope to catch the rare blue pike, a once-abundant species in Lake Erie.
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In the past, the blue pike flourished in the Great Lakes before its decline in population.
Synonyms
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A large fresh water fish like a pike that people eat and catch for sport
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A freshwater fish like a pike with shiny silvery eyes found in North American lakes
A walleye fish with blue colour that once lived in the Great Lakes and is now extinct
A blue freshwater fish that lived in the Great Lakes and no longer exists
A fish like a walleye that lives in the Great Lakes and has bluish scales
A kind of walleye, a freshwater fish, that lives in the Great Lakes in North America
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'blue' (a color) modifying 'pike' (a fish), so the phrase denotes a pike with bluish coloration. This is a common, cross-linguistic adjectival modification pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Blue pike comes from a simple picture: blue for the fish's bluish color and pike because it looked like a long, thin fish with a sharp mouth. That's why the name refers to a kind of 'fish' once common in the Great Lakes but now gone.