fishhook

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a curved piece of metal with a barb (= a sharp point that curves backwards) at one end, used for catching fish:

The fishhooks were baited with feathers fastened with coloured silk threads.

He learned how to remove a fish-hook from a trout's mouth.

a shape consisting of a line with a curved part at one end, similar to a fish hook or a letter J:

The buildings form a fish hook with the museum at the point.

They redrew the electoral district in what was described as a fishhook shape.