brochet

Definitions of brochet
  1. noun
    flesh of young or small pike
  2. noun
    highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
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    type of:
    poisson d'eau douce, poisson de rivière
    flesh of fish from fresh water used as food
  3. noun
    any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
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    types:
    doré
    any of several North American species of small pike
    type of:
    percidé
    any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
  4. noun
    any of several North American species of small pike
    synonyms: doré
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