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fish-hook

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noun

  1. a sharp hook used in angling, esp one with a barb

  2. logic a symbol (∋) for entailment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Potential applications of the fish-hook bond are vast, says Yang.

From Science Daily Dec. 2, 2024

Previous Belmonts were run clockwise over a fish-hook course that included part of the training track and the main dirt oval.

From Washington Times Jun. 4, 2020

The tiny, fish-hook shaped island of Nantucket feels like a place separated from America by place and time.

From The Guardian Jan. 7, 2019

As Johnson explains, Maui used his magical fish-hook to slow down the Sun and pull up islands from the ocean's floor.

From The Verge Jun. 13, 2016

Nevertheless Prince Fire Flash would not so much as look at them, but sat moody, his head on his hand, saying, “Mine own lost fish-hook will I have, that and no other.”

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace

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