kype
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Scots kip, kipp (“something beaked or hooked”); perhaps related to Middle Low German kippe (“point, tip”).
Noun
kype (plural kypes)
See also
- Oncorhynchus, a genus named for its having kypes
References
- “kype” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “kype” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
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