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LEISTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("leister" is a kind of...):
fishgig; fizgig; gig; lance; spear (an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish)