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poacher

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: poacher

1
 n
someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another
2
 n
a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: poacher
1

n someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another

Type of:
appropriator
someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)

n small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters

Synonyms:
sea poacher, sea poker
Types:
Agonus cataphractus, armed bullhead, pogge
northern Atlantic sea poacher
Aspidophoroides monopterygius, alligatorfish
small very elongate sea poachers
Type of:
scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish
fishes having the head armored with bony plates
2

n a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)

Type of:
cooking utensil, cookware
a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking
vessel
an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
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