snook

Any of several chiefly marine fishes of the family Centropomidae, especially Centropomus undecimalis, a food and game fish of warm Atlantic waters.

A gesture of derision or defiance.

(snook/snoot) To thumb one’s nose.

To lurk; lie in ambush; pry about.

To smell; search out

The cobia, crab-eater, or sergeant-fish, Elacate canada. See cut under cobia

Any fish of the genus Centropomus; a robalo. See robalo, and cut under Centropomus.

A garfish.

A carangoid fish, Thyrsites atun: so called at the Cape of Good Hope, and also snoek (a Dutch form).

The pike and various other fishes of similar shape.