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Definition of Snoek
1. Noun. A large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa.
Definition of Snoek
1. Noun. (South Africa) An edible fish, ''Thyrsites atun'', native to South African (Cape), South American and Australian waters, often smoked or salted. ¹
2. Noun. (South Africa Natal) The queen mackerel, ''Scomberomorous lineolatus''. ¹
3. Noun. (South Africa Transkei) Any of several species of barracuda. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snoek
1. the barracouta [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snoek
Literary usage of Snoek
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope by H. C. V. Leibbrandt, Jan van Riebeeck (1905)
"Berg (Philip van den); of Rotterdam; superintendent of the ships' carpenters at
the \\harf; arrived as chief carpenter in 1756 in " de snoek " ; made ..."
2. On Leprosy and Fish-eating: A Statement of Facts and Explanations by Jonathan Hutchinson (1906)
"The increase in the number of snoek caught is over fifty thousand. ... Five hundred
tons of snoek have been exported in 1898 to ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1890)
"But the chief fish of commerce in the Cape is the " snoek ... When well cured,
the snoek is not unlike haddock, and makes a good breakfast dish. ..."
4. "Cape Times" Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the by Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Supreme Court (1892)
"An arrangement was made by which plaintiff was to receive certain commission on
the i ale of snoek. He claimed to have cold 5000 snoek, earning £20 19s. ..."
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