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Added 9 October 2026

snook

/snuːk/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about snook at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike.

Origin

From Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox”). Doublet of snoek; perhaps more distantly related to snake.

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