snoek.
An edible fish, Thyrsites atun, native to South African (Cape), South American and Australian waters, often smoked or salted.
Meaning & usage
An edible fish, Thyrsites atun, native to South African (Cape), South American and Australian waters, often smoked or salted.
The queen mackerel, Scomberomorus lineolatus.
Any of several species of barracuda.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Afrikaans snoek, from Dutch snoek, from Middle Dutch snoec, from Old Dutch *snuoc. Some senses come from or are influenced by Dutch zeesnoek (“barracuda”, literally “sea pike”), a word that Van Riebeeck applied to the Thyrsites atun. Doublet of snook and possibly a distant doublet of snake.
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