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silver hake

noun

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

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Origin of silver hake

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019