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Kype

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of kipe (“osier for catching fish”). alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of kipe (“to steal”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

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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