FISHERMAN'S LURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fisherman's lure mean? 

• FISHERMAN'S LURE (noun)
  The noun FISHERMAN'S LURE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FISHERMAN'S LURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FISHERMAN'S 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 ("fisherman's 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 "fisherman's 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)