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Hake

Hake Meaning & Definition
Hake Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hake?

[n] any of several marine food fishes related to cod
[n] the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod

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See Also | fish | gadoid | gadoid fish | ling | Merluccius bilinearis | silver hake | whiting

Hake In Webster's Dictionary

\Hake\, n. [See {Hatch} a half door.] A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
\Hake\, n. [Also {haak}.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See {Hook}.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera {Phycis}, {Merlucius}, and allies. The common European hake is {M. vulgaris}; the American silver hake or whiting is {M. bilinearis}. Two American species ({Phycis chuss} and {P. tenius}) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also {squirrel hake}, and {codling}.
\Hake\, v. t. To loiter; to sneak. [Prov. Eng.]

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