hakapik

hakapik
/hah"keuh pik'/, n.
an implement used in seal hunting, consisting of an iron or steel hook, sometimes with a hammer opposite, mounted on a long wooden pole.
[1975-80; < Norw hakepigg, equiv. to hake hook (cf. HAKE, HOOK) + pigg spike (akin to PIKE1)]

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