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Dictionary: poach·er1
('chər) pronunciation
n.
A vessel or dish designed for the poaching of food, such as eggs or fish.


poach·er2 ('chər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another.
  2. Any of various elongated marine fishes of the family Agonidae, chiefly of northern Pacific waters, having an external covering of bony plates.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another

Meaning #2: a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)

Meaning #3: small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper north Pacific waters
  Synonyms: sea poacher, sea poker


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Poacher may refer to:

  • Poaching, the theft or illegal killing of animals or plants, or sometimes artifacts. A poacher is someone who engages in poaching.
  • A device used for poaching (cooking)
  • Poacher (fish), a family (Agonidae) of fish

Translations: Poacher
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - pocherepande

2.
n. - krybskytte

3.
n. - panserulk

Nederlands (Dutch)
stroper

Français (French)
1.
n. - pocheuse

2.
n. - braconnier

3.
n. - (US) poissonnière

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Eierpfanne

2.
n. - Wilddieb, Wilderer

3.
n. - kleiner dorniger Fisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λαθροκυνηγός, λαθροθήρας

Italiano (Italian)
bracconiere, cacciatore di frodo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - caçador furtivo (m)

Русский (Russian)
браконьер

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - escalfador, hervidor

2.
n. - cazador furtivo

3.
n. - pez pequeño

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tjuvskytt/-fiskare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 煮蛋用的锅, 蒸锅

2. 侵入他人地界者, 非法捕鱼者, 偷猎者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 煮蛋用的鍋, 蒸鍋

2.
n. - 侵入他人地界者, 非法捕魚者, 偷獵者

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 수란 냄비

2.
n. - 침입자, 밀렵자

3.
n. - 작은 가시고기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 密猟者, 落とし卵用のなべ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سارق الصيد, صياد في أرض الغير من دون إذن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחבת-טיגון‬
n. - ‮מסיג גבול, צייד הצד באופן לא-חוקי‬
n. - ‮דג גרמי קטן‬


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