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silver hake

–noun
a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism
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silver hake  
n.  A marine food fish (Merluccius bilinearis) with silvery scales, common in American Atlantic coastal waters.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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