fish-hook
Britishnoun
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a sharp hook used in angling, esp one with a barb
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logic a symbol (∋) for entailment
Example Sentences
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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
Furnished with rigid points or short bristles, usually reflexed like the barb of a fish-hook.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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