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silver hake

American  

noun

  1. a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.

Etymology

Origin of silver hake

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

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The toad agreed under one condition: It couldn’t be just any fish, but seven silver hake from the Pacific Ocean.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2020

He is carrying crates of silver hake, skates and flounder — all worth less than cod.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2016

Query the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and you learn that the fish known colloquially in the Northeast as whiting is actually silver hake, an oceangoing bottom-dweller.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2010

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