pike

English Thesaurus

1. any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	percoid, percoid fish, percoidean,
definition	:	any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	esox lucius, northern pike,
definition	:	voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	esox masquinongy, muskellunge,
definition	:	large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	pickerel,
definition	:	any of several North American species of small pike (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	pike,
definition	:	highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh (noun.food)

member meronym	:	esox, genus esox,
definition	:	type and only genus of the family Esocidae (noun.animal)

2. a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	highway, main road,
definition	:	a major road for any form of motor transport (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	autobahn,
definition	:	an expressway in a German-speaking country (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	autostrada,
definition	:	an expressway in an Italian-speaking country (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	toll road, turnpike,
definition	:	an expressway on which tolls are collected (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	carriageway,
definition	:	one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes (noun.artifact)

3. medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	arm, weapon, weapon system,
definition	:	any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	halberd,
definition	:	a pike fitted with an ax head (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	partisan, partizan,
definition	:	a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	vouge,
definition	:	a kind of pike used by foot soldiers in the 14th century (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	pikestaff,
definition	:	the staff of a pike (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	spear-point, spearhead, spearpoint,
definition	:	the head and sharpened point of a spear (noun.artifact)

4. a sharp point (as on the end of a spear) (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	point,
definition	:	sharp end (noun.artifact)

5. highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh (noun.food)

hypernym	:	freshwater fish,
definition	:	flesh of fish from fresh water used as food (noun.food)

hyponym	:	muskellunge,
definition	:	flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish (noun.food)

hyponym	:	pickerel,
definition	:	flesh of young or small pike (noun.food)

part meronym	:	pike,
definition	:	any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere (noun.animal)