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snook

US bony fish found in coastal and brackish waters. They can reach up to 1.4 m/4.6 ft and feed mainly on fish and crustaceans.

Classification

The snook Centropomus undecimalis is in the family Serranidae, order Perciformes and so is closely related to the perches.



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And then with well-feigned zeal the door would be opened, young hopeful praying that that beast Snooks mightn't have heard the scuffle caused by his coming.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
s might, or Snooks Brothers' might; but Tellson's, thank Heaven
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
Sometimes these correspondents assumed facetious names, as the Brick, Bellows, Old Gooseberry, Wideawake, Snooks, Mops, Cutaway, the Dogs-meat Man; but he considered this in bad taste, and was always a little hurt by it.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
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