hake

hake  (hk)

n. pl. hake or hakes

Any of various marine food fishes of the genera Merluccius and Urophycis, related to and resembling the cod.

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[Middle English, possibly from Old English haca, hook (from the shape of its lower jaw); see keg- in Indo-European roots.]

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hake

Noun

pl hake or hakes

1. an edible fish of the cod family

2. Austral same as barracuda [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hake - the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod fish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"
	2.	hake - any of several marine food fishes related to cod gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake, whiting - found off Atlantic coast of North America ling - American hakes

Translations

hake [heɪk] n → merluza

hake [hake or hakes , pl ] [heɪk] n → colin m, merlu m

hake [heɪk] [hake or hakes , pl ] n → Seehecht m

hake [pl hake or hakes] [heɪk] n → nasello