fishhook

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a sharp barbed hook for catching fishType of hookMember of fishing gear, tackle
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Fish′hook′ noun

1. A hook for catching fish.

2. Nautical A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked. James Dwight Dana

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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