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Poacher

//ˈpoʊ.t͡ʃɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.
  2. 2
    small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters wordnet
  3. 3
    A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water
  4. 4
    a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs) wordnet
  5. 5
    An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see Wikipedia:Goal poacher.

    "Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan."

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  1. 6
    someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another wordnet
  2. 7
    Any of type of fish in the family Agonidae, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead.
  3. 8
    An American wigeon (Anas americana). US, dialectal

Etymology

From poach + -er.

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