snook
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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
It was as if they were cocking a snook at the new president.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2022
The Indian River Lagoon is an “ecological wonder that supports not just manatees, but green sea turtles, snook, tarpon and a stunning diversity of marine life,” Lopez noted.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2021
Then I hooked something heavy, probably a snook, that ran out a hundred feet and broke the line.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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
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.
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
