hakes in English
noun
1
a large-headed elongated fish with long jaws and strong teeth. It is a valuable commercial food fish.
Cod, hake , whiting, mackerel and skate as well as shellfish were pulled from the sea.
2
any of a number of fishes related to the true hakes.
They resemble the true hakes in having two dorsal fins and one anal fin and no barbel.
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1. Codfishes (Family Gadidae), Including: Cod (Gadus morhua), Haddock (Melanogrammus aegiefinus); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus); Pollock, saithe, or coalfish (Pollachius virens); Walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma); Hakes (Urophycis species); Whiting (Meriangius meriangus); Blue whiting or poutassou (Micromesistius poutassou); Burbot