hake

(hāk)

noun pl. hake or hakes

any of various gadoid marine food fishes, as the silver hake

Origin: ME, prob. < ON haki, a hook (from the shape of the jaw) > Norw hakefisk, trout, salmon, lit., hook-fish: for IE base see hook

See hake in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. hake hake or hakes

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , possibly from Old English haca, hook (from the shape of its lower jaw); see keg- in Indo-European roots

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