fish-hook

  • 91fish —   I a; pihi (rare); to fish, lawai a, ulawai a. See fishing grounds, fishhook, fishing rights, net, seine, trap, and names of individual fish.   Some fish names vary according to islands, and all fishermen do not agree.   Some fish have special… …

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  • 92fish — fish1 noun (plural same or fishes) 1》 a limbless cold blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins, living wholly in water.     ↘the flesh of fish as food. 2》 used in names of invertebrate animals living wholly in water, e.g. shellfish,… …

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  • 93hook — 1. noun 1) she hung her jacket on the hook Syn: peg, coat rack 2) the dress has six hooks Syn: fastener, fastening, catch, clasp, hasp, clip, pin 3) I had a fish on the end of my hook …

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  • 94hook — [OE] Hook and its Germanic relatives, German haken, Dutch haak, Swedish hake, and Danish hage, go back to a prehistoric *keg or *keng ‘bent object’, from which English also gets hank [14] (via Old Norse *hanku). Old Norse haki ‘hook’ was the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 95hook — [OE] Hook and its Germanic relatives, German haken, Dutch haak, Swedish hake, and Danish hage, go back to a prehistoric *keg or *keng ‘bent object’, from which English also gets hank [14] (via Old Norse *hanku). Old Norse haki ‘hook’ was the… …

    Word origins

  • 96hook size — size is determined by the gap or gape between the shank and point; the lower the number the larger the hook, e.g. a size 24 hook has a gap of 2 mm while a size 2 has a gap of 10 mm. After size 1 the numbering system becomes 1/0, 2/0, 3/0 as size… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 97Hook in mouth — Este artículo o sección necesita referencias que aparezcan en una publicación acreditada, como revistas especializadas, monografías, prensa diaria o páginas de Internet fidedignas. Puedes añadirlas así o avisar …

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  • 98fish — Many species of fish lived in the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan. They were sometimes caught with a hook (Matt. 17:27) but more often by letting a net into the water in a semicircle and gradually drawing it ashore (Matt. 13:47–50). There was an… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 99fish gaff — a long pole with a metal hook on the end, used to secure large fish caught on hook and line and haul them on board a vessel …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 100fish-gaff — a long pole with a metal hook on the end, used to secure large fish caught on hook and line and haul them on board a vessel …

    Dictionary of ichthyology