fish hook

See also: fishhook

English

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ɾ

English Wikipedia has an article on:

fish hook

Wikipedia

(IPA character): Named because of its superficial resemblance to the hooks used in fishing.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

fish hook (plural fish hooks)

alternative form of fishhook (a hook used in fishing)
^{The template Template:rfv-sense does not use the parameter(s): reason=Several IPA characters contain so-called "fishhooks". Moreover, Unicode uses "fishhook" without a space.
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) The International Phonetic Alphabet /ɾ/ character LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH FISHHOOK, used to represent an alveolar tap.