snoek
IPA: snˈɑɛk
noun
- (South Africa) An edible fish, Thyrsites atun, native to South African (Cape), South American and Australian waters, often smoked or salted.
- (South Africa, Natal) The queen mackerel, Scomberomorus lineolatus.
- (South Africa, Transkei) Any of several species of barracuda.
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Examples of "snoek" in Sentences
- Snoek has a very distinctive taste.
- The name derives from the Dutch name snoek for the pike.
- Hendrik Snoek a former German show jumper and now businessman.
- It introduces us to more South African culinary treats, from snoek pate to biltong.
- Although many traditional linefish species were endangered, snoek was a healthy resource.
- Myself, I'd like a good salomi, but I'll pass on the snoek; I don't eat any sort of seafood.
- A deep-sea trawler suspected of catching snoek instead of its licensed catch of hake and horse mackerel was seized by the
- Even serves fish and chips, or rather the local snoek fish and chips, for around R50 ($5) along with a good glass of wine for R12
- The department is investigating allegations that the ship caught over 300 tons of snoek and only some 39 tons of hake during its last voyage.
- She could put some judicious questions to him between the Woolton Pie and the grilled snoek and chips without making a song and dance about things.
- The simple snoek fisherman's horn came to the fore and trumped all other product innovations by playing a new note of novelty, simplicity and local ingenuity.
- Multiple rights for the hand-line hake and tuna sectors was acceptable and as, an additional concession, these two sectors, as with the traditional linefish sector, would retain access to snoek.
- This meant that those Cape fishermen who caught snoek during the winter season to supplement their income, could not, outside of this time, legally take part in other commercial fishing ventures.