fish hook

See also: fishhook

English

Etymology

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

Noun

fish hook (plural fish hooks)

  1. Alternative form of fishhook (a hook used in fishing)
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense, particularly "Several IPA characters contain so-called "fishhooks". Moreover, Unicode uses "fishhook" without a space.)"?) The International Phonetic Alphabet /ɾ/ character LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH FISHHOOK, used to represent an alveolar tap.
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