snoek

American  

[snook] / snuk /

noun

plural

snoek,

plural

snoeks

1. a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.

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snoek British  

/ snʊk /

noun

1. a South African edible marine fish, Thyrsites atun

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Etymology

Origin of snoek

First recorded in 1790–1800; from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch snoec “pike, northern pike”

Example Sentences

While the snoek was away, John Mostert said he caught whatever he could in his three-man boat named "Viper."

From US News • May 23, 2015

Once sold, the snoek is handed over to an assembly line of cleaners.

From US News • May 23, 2015

The fishing spines are that of the most eaten fish here in the Cape, named snoek.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2012

It was Dr. Summerskill who, as Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Ministry of Food, helped introduce whale meat and snoek to British markets as substitutes for juicy roast beef and mutton saddles.

From Time Magazine Archive

“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.”

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram