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Robitaille adds that evidence of Upper Paleolithic fish consumption—like bones, barbed artifacts and fishhooks—has been found in Europe before.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
Well Trail, where fishhook cactus and other flowers have been known to bloom.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
The stars in Scorpius form the shape of a fishhook or the letter J. This is the body and tail of the scorpion.
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 13 July 2024
These included a shark’s tooth (100 centes), a fishhook (50 centes) and bit of a broken barrel stave (10 centes).
—Fred Nadis, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
Well Trail, where fishhook cactus and other flowers have been known to bloom.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
The stars in Scorpius form the shape of a fishhook or the letter J. This is the body and tail of the scorpion.
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 13 July 2024
These included a shark’s tooth (100 centes), a fishhook (50 centes) and bit of a broken barrel stave (10 centes).
—Fred Nadis, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
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“Fishhook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fishhook. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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fishhook
noun
fish·hook
ˈfish-ˌhu̇k 
: a usually barbed hook for catching fish
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