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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hake¹

n pl hake, hakes

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any gadoid food fish of the genus Merluccius, such as M. merluccius (European hake), of the N hemisphere, having an elongated body with a large head and two dorsal fins

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any North American fish of the genus Urophycis, similar and related to Merluccius species

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Austral another name for barracouta

[perhaps from Old Norse haki hook; compare Old English hacod pike; see hook]

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hake²

n

(Cookery) a wooden frame for drying cheese or fish

[variant of heck²]

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 (hake or hakes (pl)) → merluza f

hake [ˈheɪk] n (= food) → colin m (ZOOLOGY) → merlu m

hake

n → See- or Meerhecht m, → Hechtdorsch m

hake [heɪk] n → nasello

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hake [heɪk] n → nasello