noun, plural (especially collectively) hake, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) hakes.
- any marine fish of the genus Merluccius, closely related to the cods, especially M. bilinearis, found off the New England coast.
- any of several related marine fishes, especially of the genus Urophycis.
noun plural hake or hakes
- any gadoid food fish of the genus Merluccius, such as M. merluccius (European hake), of the N hemisphere, having an elongated body with a large head and two dorsal fins
- any North American fish of the genus Urophycis, similar and related to Merluccius species
- Australian another name for barracouta
noun
- a wooden frame for drying cheese or fish
type of sea fish, c.1300, probably from Old English haca “a hook, door-fastening” (cf. hacod “pike” the fish), or Old Norse haki “hook,” from the shape of its jaw, both from Proto-Germanic *hakan- (cf. Dutch hake “hook”), from PIE root *keg- “hook, tooth” (see hook).