kype
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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”).
Noun
editkype (plural kypes)
- The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.
Alternative forms
editTranslations
edithook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid
Etymology 2
editNoun
editkype (plural kypes)
- Alternative spelling of kipe (“osier for catching fish”)
Etymology 3
editVerb
editkype (third-person singular simple present kypes, present participle kyping, simple past and past participle kyped)
- Alternative spelling of kipe (“to steal”)
References
edit- “kype”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “kype”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.