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doré dore, doree [< Cdn F (poisson) doré gilded fish]

• n. the pickerel, Stizostedion vitreum, of the Great Lakes system.

  See also: dory  poisson doré  walleye pike  

  • 1775  (1901)  There are also pickerel, called poissons dorés (gilt-fish), and sturgeon.
  • 1793  (1933)  The [Assiniboine] River is stocked with the following fish viz--Sturgeons . . . Breams, suckers or carpes, Pike, Doré. . . .
  • 1859  . . . the fish . . . are very abundant in the rivers and lakes; sturgeon, white-fish, pike, doré and various other kinds are found in Lake Winnipeg.
  • 1963  Also he'd like to have reported to him the taking of any dore which were tagged by him and his staff during the spawning run of this species.