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What (who) is snoek - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Snoek (disambiguation); Snook (disambiguation); Snoek; Snooks
snoek
Thyrsites
GENUS OF FISHES
Baracouta; Barracouta; Cape snoek; Mangā; Thyrsites atun; Cape Snoek
Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791), the snoek, is a long, thin species of snake mackerel found in the seas of the Southern Hemisphere, and a popular food fish in South Africa, particularly along the west and southwest coast. This fish can reach a length of SL though most do not exceed SL.
barracouta
GENUS OF FISHES
Baracouta; Barracouta; Cape snoek; Mangā; Thyrsites atun; Cape Snoek
[?bar?'ku:t?]
¦ noun (plural same or barracoutas) a long, slender fish of southern oceans, highly valued as food. [Thyrsites atun.]
Origin
C19: alt. of barracuda.
Examples of use of snoek
1. Ten million tins went onto the shelves, and the Ministry of Food publicised eight snoek recipes, including one with salad called "snoek piquante". Snoek did not tickle the fancy of British consumers, who fantasised about their favourite luxury meal – which surveys showed to be tomato soup, roast chicken and trifle.
2. We have yet to recognise the attractions of snoek, German blue trout or Belgian mayonnaise on chips.
3. Another desperate measure was the importation of ten million tins of South African snoek, a fish unknown in Britain at the time.
4. I cannot afford anything more toothsome than plums at 41/2d a lb!" A new word entered the vocabulary – snoek, a fish from South Africa, vaguely tasting of mackerel.
5. Whitehall propagandists made valiant efforts to convince the populace of its virtues with recipes for dishes like ‘Snoek Piquant‘. Just as food stocks dwindled, fuel was now in desperately short supply, too.