Meaning
A long, silvery fish with a dark lateral stripe, found around river mouths, lagoons, and the coast — a good sport and eating fish with firm white flesh. Caught by line fishermen and netted where fresh and salt water meet, snook is fried or steamed and well regarded on the plate.
Examples
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Him ketch a big snook a di river mout.
He caught a big snook at the river mouth.
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Snook have nice firm white meat.
Snook has nice firm white flesh.
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Fry di snook wid escoveitch sauce.
Fry the snook with escoveitch sauce.
Origin
From Dutch 'snoek'; a coastal/estuary sport and food fish. See [[tarpon]], [[mullet]].
How it’s used
A coastal/river-mouth food and sport fish. See [[tarpon]], [[mullet]].