[Ads-l] Antedating of "bald pike"

[John Doe]

OED 1890

1858 Zool. Vol. II Will Carpenter The others belong to the Holostei of
Müller, possessing a true bony skeleton,--these [include] the [..] AMIIDÆ,
or *Bald-pikes*.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Zoology_being_a_systematic_account_of_th/nBVeS3bgqgUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22bald%22

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