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pikes
A pike was a long, spear-like weapon that infantry troops used in the medieval and Renaissance eras. Fighting with a pike while riding a horse required great balance.
The difference between a pike and a spear is that a pike must be held with two hands in order to be thrust in the direction of an enemy fighter. The pointed end of a pike or spear is also known as a pike. It might seem confusing that a pike is also a type of freshwater fish, until you see the pike's sharp, pointed (pike-like) nose. In transportation, pike can refer to a highway. Finally, pike can mean a position in gymnastics or diving in which an athlete bends at the waist with toes pointed. The Old English root, piic, means "point."
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medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
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halberd
a pike fitted with an ax head
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partisan, partizan
a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
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vouge
a kind of pike used by foot soldiers in the 14th century
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arm, weapon, weapon system
any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
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halberd
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a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
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point
sharp end
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point
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highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
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muskellunge
flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish
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pickerel
flesh of young or small pike
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freshwater fish
flesh of fish from fresh water used as food
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muskellunge
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any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
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Esox lucius, northern pike
voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere
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Esox masquinongy, muskellunge
large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America
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pickerel
any of several North American species of small pike
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Esox niger, chain pickerel, chain pike
common in quiet waters of eastern United States
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Esox americanus, barred pickerel, redfin pickerel
small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states
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percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
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synonyms:
expressway, freeway, motorway, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway
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a position, as in gymnastics or diving, in which the legs are straight while the body is bent forward at the waist and the hands touch the feet or hold the calves
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