snoek
pike (Thyrsites atun, snoek) for sale
Meaning
Noun
- An edible fish, Thyrsites atun (species), native to South African (Cape), South American and Australian waters, often smoked or salted.
- The queen mackerel, Scomberomorus lineolatus (species).
- Any of several species of barracuda.
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Origin
- Borrowed from Afrikaans snoek, from Dutch snoek, from Middle Dutch snoec. Some sense come from or are influenced by Dutch zeesnoek ("barracuda”, literally “sea pike"), a word that Van Riebeeck applied to the Thyrsites atun.
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