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Definition: Centropomus undecimalis
Sea pike
\Sea" pike`\ (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The garfish.
(b) A large serranoid food fish (
Centropomus undecimalis)
found on both coasts of America; -- called also
robalo.
(c) The merluce.
[1913 Webster]
Snook
\Snook\, n. [D. snoek.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
[1913 Webster]
Robalo
\Rob"a*lo\, n. [Sp. r['o]balo.]
Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and
tropical America constituting the family
Oxylabracid[ae],
esp. the largest species (
Oxylabrax undecimalis, syn.
Centropomus undecimalis), a valuable food fish called also
snook, the smaller species being called
Centropomus
\Centropomus\ n.
the type genus of the
Centropomidae, comprising the
snooks, and including
Centropomus undecimalis, a large
bony sport fish also esteemed as food.
Syn: genus
Centropomus.
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