ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət ˈhɛðɚ ˈhɛðə elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth American hakes elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs