snoek

[ snook ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) snoek, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) snoeks.
  1. a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.

Origin of snoek

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch snoec “pike, northern pike”

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British Dictionary definitions for snoek

snoek

/ (snʊk) /


noun
  1. a South African edible marine fish, Thyrsites atun

Origin of snoek

1
Afrikaans, from Dutch snoek pike

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