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meant an army or host; hence our word harry 

 and, with a suflSx, 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. Eoach 

 and ray both come from the Latin raria, applied 

 then as in the latter case now tp 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 ; jv^hile 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 hot in several lan- 

 guages means a certain flounder-like fish, and in 

 olden times this fish was eaten only on holidays 



