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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  Oxylabracid[ae], 
  esp.  the  largest  species  ({Oxylabrax,  syn.  Centropomus, 
  undecimalis}),  a  valuable  food  fish  called  also  {snook},  the 
  smaller  species  being  called 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snook  \Snook\,  n.  [D.  snoek.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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)




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