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noun (pl=haddock, pl2=haddocks)
- A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
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| hag |
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noun
- A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.
- (pejorative) An ugly old woman.
- A fury; a she-monster.
- An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreti. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.
- The hagdon or shearwater.
- An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
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| hagfish |
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noun
- any of several primitive eellike creatures, of the family Myxindae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth; considered edible in Japan, their skin is used to make a form of leather
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| hake |
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noun (plural )
- One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.
- A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
verb to hake
- To loiter; to sneak.
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| halfbeak |
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noun
- (zoology) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.
(Webster)
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| halibut |
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noun (plural or halibuts)
- A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.
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| hamlet |
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noun
- A small town
- A settlement smaller than a village
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| hammerhead |
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noun (plural hammerheads)
- (Zoology) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygí¦na, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygí¦na is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.
- (Zoology) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller in the minnow family Cyprinidae.
- (Zoology) An African fruit bat Hypsignathus monstrosus -- so called from its large blunt nozzle.
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| hatchet |
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noun
- A small light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
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| herring |
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noun (herrings, pl2=herring)
- A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.
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| hind |
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noun
- A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
adjective (hinder, hindmost)
- Located at the rear.
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| horse mackerel |
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noun
- a large tuna
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| humpy |
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noun (humpies)
- (Australian English) A hut, especially for Aborigines.
- 1988: There weren't that many blacks about, but a lot of humpies " at times it must have been a fairly big camp. " Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked (Angus & Robertson 1995, p. 257)
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| humuhumunukunukuapuaa |
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noun
- Either of two species Rhinecanthus aculeatus or Rhinecanthus rectangulus, of triggerfishes native to the reefs of Hawaii.
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