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- county, northwestern South Carolina, U.S. It is bounded to the north by North Carolina, to the east by the Saluda River, and to the west by Lakes Jocassee (impounded by ...
- pickerel
- any of several North American pikes, family Esocidae, distinguished from the related muskellunge and northern pike by its smaller size, completely scaled cheeks and gill covers, and banded or chainlike ...
- pickerel frog
- (Rana palustris), dark-spotted frog (family Ranidae), found in eastern North America, usually in such areas as meadows, cool streams, and sphagnum bogs. The pickerel frog is about 5 to 7.5 ...
- pickerelweed
- any of several genera of aquatic plants comprising the family Pontederiaceae, especially those of the genus Pontederia. Most species are perennials, native primarily to tropical America. They have creeping rootstocks, ...
- Pickering, Edward Charles
- U.S. physicist and astronomer who introduced the use of the meridian photometer to measure the magnitude of stars and established the Harvard Photometry (1884), the first great photometric catalog.
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