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snook
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snook: see bass bass , common name applied to various fishes of the families Serranidae (sea basses) and Centrarchidae (black basses and sunfishes). The sea basses are a large, diverse, and important family of perchlike fishes with oblong, rather compressed bodies.
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snook

Any of about eight species (genus Centropomus) of tropical marine fishes that are long and silvery and have two dorsal fins, a long head, and a large mouth with a projecting lower jaw. They are found along the North and South American Atlantic and Pacific coasts, often in estuaries and among mangroves and sometimes in fresh water. They range from 1.5 to 5 ft (0.5–1.5 m) long and are valued for food and sport.


snook
1. any of several large game fishes of the genus Centropomus, esp C. undecimalis of tropical American marine and fresh waters: family Centropomidae (robalos)
2. Austral the sea pike Australuzza novaehollandiae


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This lazy idiot is openly cocking a snook at his boss, his Hull constituents and all of Britain's taxpayers who fund the wealth and privilege he has always secretly craved.
When the National Lottery first started in 1994, I took great pride in cocking a snook.
 
 
 
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