<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>Plural (especially collectively) hake, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) hakes.</li><li>Any marine fish of the genus <em>Merluccius</em>, closely related to the cods, especially <em>M. bilinearis</em>, found off the New England coast.</li><li>Any of several related marine fishes, especially of the genus <em>Urophycis</em>.</li></ul>