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robalo

American

[rob-uh-loh, roh-buh-, roh-bah-loh] / ˈrɒb əˌloʊ, ˈroʊ bə-, roʊˈbɑ loʊ /

noun

plural

robalo,

plural

robalos

snook.

robalo British

/ ˈrɒbəˌləʊ, ˈrəʊ- /

noun

any percoid fish of the family Centropomidae , occurring in warm and tropical (mostly marine) waters. Some of the larger species, such as the snooks, are important food fishes and many of the smaller ones are aquarium fishes

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Etymology

Origin of robalo

Borrowed into English from Portuguese around 1885–90

Example Sentences

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Snook, snōōk, n. one of several fishes—the cobia, a robalo, a garfish, a Cape carangoid fish.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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