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hake

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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.

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

hake
Noun
pl hake or hakes
1. an edible fish of the cod family
2. Austral same as barracuda [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hakehake - 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] nmerluza
hake [hake or hakes , pl ] [heɪk] ncolin m, merlu m
hake [heɪk] [hake or hakes , pl ] nSeehecht m
hake [pl hake or hakes] [heɪk] nnasello


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