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FISH LURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers
Synonyms:
fish lure; fisherman's lure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fish lure" is a kind of...):
bait; decoy; lure (something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed)
Domain category:
angling (fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fish lure"):
fly (fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect)
jig (a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water)
spinner (fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water)
troll (a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling)
