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spy-hop

spy-hop is the alternative form of spyhop.

Meaning of spyhop

Noun

spyhop (plural spyhops)

  1. The action of raising the front half of the body out of the sea in a controlled manner.
    • In a more vigorous spyhop, the pectorals are exposed but are rarely brought completely out of the water. On occasion a whale respires during a spyhop.1986, Barbara C. Kirkevold, Joan S. Lockard, Behavioral Biology of Killer Whales, A.R. Liss, page 153
    Synonyms:
    eye-out, head rise

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Forms of spy-hop

Noun
pluralspy-hops
Verb
third-person singular presentspy-hops
present participlespy-hopping
past participlespy-hopped
pastspy-hopped

Questions about spy-hop

What is spy-hop the alternative form of?
Spy-hop is the alternative form of spyhop.

Words near spy-hop in the dictionary

  1. spy satellites
  2. Spy Wednesday
  3. spy-fi
  4. spy-glass
  5. spy-glasses
  6. spy-hop
  7. spy-hopped
  8. spy-hopping
  9. spy-hoppings
  10. spy-hops
  11. spyal

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