Hook | fishhook - meaning and illustration
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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes
1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for hook and fishhook: 🔊
BrE /hʊk/ ; NAmE /hʊk/1.2. Synonyms of hook:
1 international synonym(s) for hook. Notably:
- 🍧 Fishhook 🔊 ⏸•ılıılıılııl 0
1.3. Etymology of hook and fishhook:
Old English hōc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoek ‘corner, angle, projecting piece of land’, also to German Haken ‘hook’; Word from the native lexical stock; from Germanic hōkaz, ‘hook’1.4. 🇫🇷 French translation of hook and fishhook:
1.5. Definition of hook in fisheries:
Hook, also known as fishhook, is defined as: a curved piece of metal, plastic or wire for hanging things on, catching fish with, etc.
3 Other Definitions of Hook per Country
In Australia:
hook includes a single hook, double hook or treble hook.
✏️ Source -- New South Wales Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019, Part 3, Section 43 ( New South Wales Fisheries Management (General) Regulation 2019 )
A hook includes—
- (a)a hook with more than 1 prong, including, for example, fishing apparatus known as a treble hook; and
- (b)a device consisting of more than 1 hook attached to a fishing line at a single point, including, for example, a fishing apparatus known as a gang hook.
✏️ Source -- Queensland Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019, schedule 10, Part 4, Section 4 ( Queensland Fisheries (General) Regulation 2019 )
In Canada:
hook, in relation to angling, means a single, double or treble hook, with or without barbs, on one shank or shaft; (hameçon)
✏️ Source -- Canada Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, Section 2 ( Canada Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations )
1.6. Plural of hook:
Hooks;
Fishery terminology records for Hook
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