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noun
The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.
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noun
Alternative spelling of kipe (“osier for catching fish”).
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verb
Alternative spelling of kipe (“to steal”).
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History
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”).
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