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carangoid

American  
[kuh-rang-goid] / kəˈræŋ gɔɪd /

adjective

  1. resembling a fish of the family Carangidae; carangid.


noun

  1. a carangoid fish.

Etymology

Origin of carangoid

1860–65; < New Latin Carang- (stem of Caranx ) genus name, a pseudo-Greek form + -oid

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Snook, snōōk, n. one of several fishes—the cobia, a robalo, a garfish, a Cape carangoid fish.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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