round-bend hook

round-bend hook
a hook with a wide gape used for large baits

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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  • hook — Synonyms and related words: L, Long Melford, abstract, acquitted, all the way, allure, anchor, anchorage, and, and sinker, angle, angle off, annex, apex, appropriate, arc, arch, argue into, articulate, backhand, backhander, backstroke, bag, bait …   Moby Thesaurus

  • round — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O, O shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again, air lane, all but, all over, all out, almost, ambagious, ambit, amount, annular, annular… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curve, turn. v. i. give, yield; curve. v. t. control; shape. See softness, authority, curvature, obliquity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. crook, bow, arch; see curve 1 . v. 1. [To force out of a straight… …   English dictionary for students

  • hook — noun 1》 a piece of curved metal or other hard material for catching hold of things or hanging things on.     ↘(also fish hook) a bent piece of metal, typically barbed and baited, for catching fish. 2》 a thing designed to catch people s attention …   English new terms dictionary

  • bend — Synonyms and related words: L, S curve, aberrancy, aberration, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, achievement, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, affect, agree with, aim, aim at, alerion, angle, angle off, animal charge, annulet, apex, apply …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Kirby hook — a hook having a round bend, the point angled to the right of the shank. A reversed hook has the point to the left …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Aberdeen hook — a hook shape characterised by a slightly squared round bend and a wide gape used for baiting with minnow …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Carlisle hook — a hook shape characterised by a long shank, a round bend and a straight, offset point …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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