fish lure

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fish lure - (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers

fisherman's lure

angling - fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole)

bait, decoy, lure - something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed

fly - fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

jig - a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water

spinner - fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water

troll - a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling; "he used a spinner as his troll"

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