Snook
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Snook or Snoek may refer to:
- Fishes in the family
- * Centropomidae.
- * Gempylidae (Snake Mackerels)
- * Percidae (Perches)
- * Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos), subfamily: Scombrinae
- * Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
- * Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes), subfamily: Lepidopinae
- * Escoidae
- * Muraenesocidae (Pike congers)
- Several other unrelated fishes:
- * Bay snook, Petenia splendida.
- * Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson.
- * Australian barracuda, Sphyraena novaehollandiae.
- * Southern sennet, Sphyraena picudilla.
- * Snook shark or Caribbean sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon porosus.
- The city of Snook, Texas.
- James H. Snook, convicted murderer, Olympic medalist, and inventor of the snook hook.
- A fictional sloth and the main character in the children's television show It's a Big Big World.
- Snook, a Canadian comedian.
- Snook, a rap group based in Sweden.
- A gesture of derision or defiance, as in the idiom, "cock a snook" meaning "thumb one's nose".
Reference
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