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Snook \Snook\ (sn[=oo]k), v. i. [Prov. E. snook to search out,
to follow by the scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, LG.
sn["o]ggen, snuckern, sn["o]kern, to snuffle, to smell about,
to search for.]
To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Obs.]
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Snook \Snook\, n. [D. snoek.] (Zool.)
(a) A large perchlike marine food fish ({Centropomus
undecimalis}) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of tropical America; -- called also {ravallia},
and {robalo}.
(b) The cobia.
(c) The garfish.
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Robalo \Rob"a*lo\, n. [Sp. r['o]balo.]
Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and
tropical America constituting the family {Oxylabracidae},
esp. the largest species ({Oxylabrax undecimalis}, syn.
{Centropomus undecimalis}), a valuable food fish called also
{snook}, the smaller species being called