Long pointed weapons with a spear-like head on the end of a wooden pole, or long spiky fish with sharp teeth.
From Middle English 'pike,' possibly from Old English 'pic.' As a weapon, it became popular in medieval warfare. As a fish, it comes from the pike's pointed appearance.
Pike weapons were so effective that they dominated European battlefields for 400 years—armies of thousands of soldiers would stand in tight formations with interlocking pikes to create an almost impenetrable wall! Pike fish are also fierce predators that can eat fish almost as large as themselves.
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