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Definition of: hake
(hāk) noun plural hake or hakes
1. A fish (genus Merluccius) having a short first dorsal fin, and long, sinuated second dorsal and anal fins; especially, the European hake (M. smiridus) and the American silver hake or whiting (M. bilinearis).
2. A North American food fish (genus Phycis), the codling. Also spelled haak. [OE hacod pike <haca hook]
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