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a freshwater torpedo with a mouthful of backward teeth and zero remorse
means A long, slender predatory freshwater fish known for its toothy snout and ambush hunting, found across the Northern Hemisphere.
from From Middle English pike, a shortening of pīked fish — the 'pointed' or 'spiked' one, named for its sharp, beaklike snout. The same root gives us the weapon called a pike (a long pointed spear) and the verb 'to peak,' all clustered around an old Germanic notion of something sharp and projecting. The fish, in other words, is named for looking like a blade with fins.
- ambush king
- strikes from stillness at lightning speed
- teeth
- up to 700, angled inward so prey can't escape
- cannibal
- happily eats smaller pike, no family loyalty
- old timer
- can live over 25 years
- name origin
- named for the medieval pole weapon's pointed snout
pike place market — historic public market in seattle, washington, opened 1907
pike river mine disaster — coal mine explosion in new zealand that killed 29 miners in 2010
pike county kentucky — county in eastern kentucky known for the hatfield-mccoy feud