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meant an army or host; hence our word harry 

 and, with a suffix, herring. 



Hake in Norwegian means hook, and the term 

 hake or hook-fish was given because of the hooked 

 character of the under-jaw. Mackerel comes from 

 macarellus and originally the Latin macula 

 spotted, from the dark spots on the body. Roach 

 and ray both come from the Latin raria, applied 

 then as in the latter case now to bottom-living 

 sharks. 



Flounder comes from the verb, which in turn 

 is derived from flounce, a word which is lost in 

 antiquity. Tarpon (and the form tarpum) may 

 be an Indian word ; while there is no doubt as to 

 grouper coming from garrupa, a native Mexican 

 name. Chubb (a form of cub) meant a chunky 

 mass or lump, referring to the body of the fish. 

 Shad is lost in sceadda, Anglo-Saxon for the same 

 fish. 



Lamprey and halibut both have histories, which, 

 at first glance, we would never suspect, although 

 the forms have changed but little. The former 

 have a habit of fastening themselves for hours to 

 stones and rocks, by means of their strong, suck- 

 ing mouths. So the Latin form of the word lam- 

 petra, or literally lick-rock, is very appropriate. 

 Halibut is equally so. But or bot in several lan- 

 guages means a certain flounder-like fish, and in 

 olden times this fish was eaten only on holidays 



