kype
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
kype (plural kypes)
- The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.
Alternative forms[edit]
Translations[edit]
hook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
kype (plural kypes)
- Alternative spelling of kipe (“osier for catching fish”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
kype (third-person singular simple present kypes, present participle kyping, simple past and past participle kyped)
- Alternative spelling of kipe (“to steal”)
References[edit]
- “kype”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “kype”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.