Esox

esox Translingual thumb Etymology Attested in Pliny the Elder's Natural History as a word for a large fish from the Rhine, but otherwise only in mul la-new -, applied by Linnaeus to a pike. Most likely, the scant Classical references to a fresh-water fish indicate that the word was borrowed from mul cel-pro *esoxs (compare sga eó salmon, wlm ehawc salmon); usually also compared is grc ἴσοξ unknown whale-like fish, attested only in a vocabulary list. Proper noun 1 m genus family Esocidae pikes and related fish Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Esox aquitanicus species; Esox flaviae species (southern pike); Esox lucius species (northern pike); Esox masquinongy species (muskellunge); Esox niger species (chain pickerel); Esox reichertii species (Amur pike) species Esox americanus species (Esox americanus americanus subspecies (redfin pickerel), Esox americanus vermiculatus subspecies, (grass pickerel) subspecies References 1 1 1 8009 genus 453 25461 162138 154208