kype

Etymology 1

From Scots kip, kipp (“something beaked or hooked”); perhaps related to Middle Low German kippe (“point, tip”), German Kippe (“stub”), both from Latin cippus (“stake, post, boundary marker”).

noun

  1. The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.

Etymology 2

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of kipe (“osier for catching fish”)

Etymology 3

verb

  1. Alternative spelling of kipe (“to steal”)

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