Hake vs Sturgeon - What's the difference?
hake | sturgeon |
A hook; a pot-hook.
A kind of weapon; a pike.
(in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera , Merluccius , and allies.
A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
* 1882 , P. L. Sword & Son, Sword's Improved Patent Brick Machine'', in the ''Adrian City Directories :
(UK, dialect) To loiter; to sneak.
* 1886 , English Dialect Society, Publications: Volume 52
Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.
* 1961 , W. N. Holmes, Edward M. Donaldson, 1: Body Compartments and the Distribution of Electrolytes'', William Stewart Hoar, David J. Randall (editors), ''Fish Physiology , Volume 1,
* 1997', M. L. Khrykhtin, V. G. Svirsky, '''''Sturgeon''' catch and the current status of '''sturgeon stocks in the Amur River'', Andreas Bauer, Astrid Kaiser-Pohlmann, ''Sturgeon Stocks and Caviar Trade Workshop: Proceedings ,
* 2002 , Elizabeth Grossman, Watershed: The Undamming of America ,
* 2006 , Richard N. Williams, James A. Lichatowich, Madison S. Powell, 4: The Diversity, Structure and Status of Populations'', Richard N. Williams (editor), ''Return to the River: Restoring Salmon Back to the Columbia River ,
* 2006 , Samuel M. McGinnis, Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California , Revised Edition,
* 2010 , Molly Aloian, The Yangtze: China's Majestic River ,
As nouns the difference between hake and sturgeon
is that hake is a hook; a pot-hook while sturgeon is any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.As a verb hake
is to loiter; to sneak.hake
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) *. Related to (l).Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) hake, probably a shortened form (due to Scandinavian influence) of English dialectal . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* codling, squirrel hakeHyponyms
* (gadoid fish) European hake (Merluccius merluccius ), American silver hake, whiting (Etymology 3
(en)Noun
(en noun)- The clay is taken direct from the bank and made into brick the right temper to place direct from the Machine in the hake' on the yard. [...] take the brick direct from the Machine and put them in the ' hake to dry.
Etymology 4
Verb
- She'd as well been at school as haking about.
sturgeon
English
(wikipedia sturgeon)Noun
(en-noun)page 57,
- An investigation has been carried out into the changes in blood chemistry which occur during the migration of young sturgeon and spawned adults from freshwater into saltwater and of the migration of prespawning adults in the reverse direction by Magnin (1962).
page 29,
- Strict regulation of the catch was introduced in the Soviet Union in 1976 in order to prevent overfishing of the sexually mature sturgeons in the river.
page 41,
- Long and snout-nosed with rows of platelike bony protrusions, sturgeon have a dinosaur-era look.
page 156,
- Information on the spawning period, spawning behavior, and other details of the reproductive biology of green sturgeon in the Columbia River is lacking (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 1995).
page 139,
- Only about one out of every 80 sturgeons' caught in the Sacramento River is a Green '''Sturgeon''', and that lopsided ratio is reversed for ' sturgeons taken in the Klamath River.
page 22,
- In 2009, 120,000 Chinese sturgeons were released into the Yangtze River in an effort to boost the population of the endangered species in the wild.
