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snoek
[ snook ]
noun
plural (especially collectively) snoek, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) snoeks.
- a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.
snoek
/ ʊ /
noun
- a South African edible marine fish, Thyrsites atun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of snoek1
First recorded in 1790–1800; from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch snoec “pike, northern pike”
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of snoek1
Afrikaans, from Dutch snoek pike
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When the migratory snoek moved away for months, only returning a few weeks ago, he said he earned nothing.
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The fishing spines are that of the most eaten fish here in the Cape, named snoek.
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“The fact of the matter is that the Malay vote is a power just here, and it would be about as easy to uproot Table Mountain itself as the diabolical snoek trumpet under discussion.”
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The long, thin silver snoek fish is one of South Africa's traditional foods and a main source of income for the town of Lambert's Bay.
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Once sold, the snoek is handed over to an assembly line of cleaners.
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