kype

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noun

The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.

OriginScots kip, kipp ← Middle Low German kippe ← Latin cippus →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

kype1

nounkype (plural kypes)

plural kypes · alternative kipe

  1. The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.

kype2

nounkype (plural kypes)

plural kypes

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of kipe (“osier for catching fish”).

kype3

verbkype (third-person singular simple present kypes, present participle kyping, simple past and past participle kyped)

present singular third person kypes · participle present kyping · participle past kyped · past kyped

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of kipe (“to steal”).

Origin

  1. Latincippus“stake, post, boundary marker”
  2. Middle Low Germankippe“point, tip”
  3. Scotskip, kipp“something beaked or hooked”
  4. Englishkype

From Scots kip, kipp (“something beaked or hooked”); perhaps related to Middle Low German kippe (“point, tip”), German Kippe (“stub”), both from Latin cippus (“stake, post, boundary marker”).

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Translations

Finnish leuan koukku
  • leuan koukkuhook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid
German Laichhaken
  • Laichhakenhook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid
Russian крюк
  • крюк (krjuk)hook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid
Swedish hakelax
  • hakelaxhook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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