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tarpon
English
Etymology
Compare Dutch tarpoen. Suggestions that the term derives from a Native American term are unlikely.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(r)p?n
Noun
tarpon (plural tarpons or tarpon)
- Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.
Derived terms
- Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)
- Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Parton, parton, patron
French
Noun
tarpon m (plural tarpons)
- tarpon
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snook
English
Alternative forms
- snoek
Pronunciation
- enPR: sno?ok, IPA(key): /snu?k/
- Rhymes: -u?k
Etymology 1
Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox”)
Noun
snook (plural snooks)
- A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
- Centropomus undecimalis, the common snook.
- Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.
Verb
snook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)
- To fish for snook.
Derived terms
- bay snook
- common snook
Etymology 2
From the 19th century. Unknown origin, possibly related to snoot or snout.
Noun
snook (plural snooks)
- (Britain, derogatory, as a gesture) A disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth.
Derived terms
- cock a snook
- cocking of a snook
- snook-cocker
- snook-cocking
Verb
snook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)
- (obsolete) To sniff out.
- (obsolete) To lurk; to lie in ambush.
References
- Michael Quinion (2004) , “Snook”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Konos, nooks
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