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FISH LURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fish lure mean? 

FISH LURE (noun)
  The noun FISH LURE has 1 sense:

1. (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathersplay

  Familiarity information: FISH LURE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FISH LURE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fish lure; fisherman's lure

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)


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