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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fishes, typical of the family Centropomidæ, having a long pre-opercular spine, whence the name.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the type genus of the
Centropomidae , comprising thesnooks , and includingCentropomus undecimalis , a large bony sport fish also esteemed as food.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Centropomidae: snooks
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