What does "snook" mean?

Snook: To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Obs.]

Additional senses

  1. 2.(a) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo. (b) The cobia. (c) The garfish.

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