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snook

[snook, snook] / snuk, snʊk /




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Bigger fish — jacks, snook — were swimming in spirals or upside down in the shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2024

Setting out into the Gulf of Mexico in threes and fours, fishermen returned with buckets of tarpon and long, streaked snook.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2023

From Indigenous fisheries to commercial operations, snook have been celebrated as a high-quality river fish since the time of Mayan rule, making river fisheries in Mexico important for food, Pease said.

From Science Daily Nov. 28, 2023

Fish vary in their omega-3 levels and generally the fishier they taste the more omega-3 fats they have — such as tuna, salmon, deep sea perch, trevally, mackeral and snook.

From Salon Sep. 25, 2023

Among the dead were mullets, snook, moj arras, gambusia.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

In times yet to come, British football administrators would infamously cock their haughty snooks at the World Cup, the European Cup, and the European Championship.

From The Guardian Jul. 20, 2012

Last week, although nothing so serious was in sight, Great Britain cocked two more snooks across the Atlantic.

From Time Magazine Archive

I wanted Charlie to go snooks with me, but he hasn’t got time.

From Stepsons of Light by Eugene Manlove Rhodes

What about halting, and cocking snooks at El Vivillo?”

From The Car of Destiny by Armand Both

Their chief fish are bonitos, snooks, cavallies, breams, and mullets; and they have abundance of sea-tortoises; and the island has many harbours, creeks, and rivers.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Robert Kerr




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