Snook

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snook \Snook\ (sn[=oo]k), v. i. [Prov. E. snook to search out,
     to follow by the scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, LG.
     sn["o]ggen, snuckern, sn["o]kern, to snuffle, to smell about,
     to search for.]
     To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snook \Snook\, n. [D. snoek.] (Zool.)
     (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.
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Robalo \Rob"a*lo\, n. [Sp. r['o]balo.]
     Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and
     tropical America constituting the family {Oxylabracidae},
     esp. the largest species ({Oxylabrax undecimalis}, syn.
     {Centropomus undecimalis}), a valuable food fish called also
     {snook}, the smaller species being called

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snook
       n : large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and
           brackish waters; resemble pike

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Snook, TX (city, FIPS 68576)
    Location: 30.49055 N, 96.46573 W
    Population (1990): 489 (216 housing units)
    Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Snook, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
     Population (2000):    568
     Housing Units (2000): 252
     Land area (2000):     2.010121 sq. miles (5.206189 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.003327 sq. miles (0.008617 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.013448 sq. miles (5.214806 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            68576
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             30.490162 N, 96.469804 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Snook, TX
      Snook