\Snook\ (sn[=oo]k), v. i. [Prov. E. snook to search out,
to follow by the scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, LG.
sn["o]ggen, snuckern, sn["o]kern, to snuffle, to smell about,
to search for.]
To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Obs.]

\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.