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Snook

/snuːk/

A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.

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noun

1
A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
2
Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.

verb

1
To fish for snook.

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snappernoun	One who, or that which, snaps.
snailfishnoun	Any member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish.
sea bassnoun	Any of various species of saltwater fish in various families, or a specimen thereof, in several families in order Perciformes
icefishnoun	Any member of notothenioid family Channichthyidae; these Antarctic fishes are named for the lack of hemoglobin in their blood
sunfishnoun	Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
bandfishnoun	Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
snipefishnoun	Either of the two species of fish of the genus Macroramphosus.
surfperchnoun	Any of the family Embiotocidae of viviparous perciform fishes, found mainly in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
noodlefishnoun	Any of the family Salangidae of osmeriform fish, related to the smelts, with translucent bodies and no scales.
snakeheadnoun	(zoology) A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae.
seasnailnoun	The snailfish (family Liparidae).
pond snailnoun	Any freshwater snail in the family Lymnaeidae.
centropomidnoun	(zoology) Any fish of the family Centropomidae.
driftfishnoun	Any of the family Nomeidae of perciform fishes found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.
sparoidnoun	Any fish of the family Sparidae.
percophidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Percophidae.
bassnoun	A low spectrum of sound tones.
percopsidnoun	(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Percopsidae, including two living species containing trout-perches and sand rollers
scorpaenidnoun	(zoology) Any fish in the family Scorpaenidae, a scorpionfish.
snoeknoun	(South Africa) An edible fish, Thyrsites atun, native to South African (Cape), South American and Australian waters, often smoked or salted.