Category:Snook

Snook, v. i. Etym: [prov. E. snook to search out, to follow by the Scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, lg. snöggen, snuckern, snökern, to Snuffle, to smell about, to search for.]

Defn: to lurk; to lie in ambush. [obs.]

Snook Snook, n. Etym: [d. snoek.] (zoöl.) (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.