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Snook (other)
Snook, Snooks, or Snoek may refer to: Fishes * Family Centropomidae (snooks) ** Common snook * Family Esocidae (pikes) ** '' Haplochromis insidiae'' ** Northern pike * Family Gempylidae (snake mackerels) ** Blacksail snake mackerel or black snoek ** '' Thyrsites'' ("snoek", popular in the Cape region of South Africa, this was also consumed in the United Kingdom during World War II) * Family Muraenesocidae (pike congers) ** Pike eel * Family Percidae (perches) * Family Scombridae (mackerels, tunas, bonitos), subfamily: Scombrinae ** Kanadi kingfish ** Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, ''Scomberomorus commerson'' * Barracuda ** Australian barracuda, ''Sphyraena novaehollandiae'' * Cutlassfish ** Silver scabbardfish * ''Petenia splendida'', bay snook * Southern sennet, ''Sphyraena picudilla'' * Snook shark or Caribbean sharpnose shark, ''Rhizoprionodon porosus'' Places United States * Rancho San Bernardo (Snook), a Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centropomidae
''Centropomus'' is a genus of predominantly marine fish comprising the family Centropomidae. The type species is ''Centropomus undecimalis'', the common snook. Commonly known as snooks or ''róbalos'', the ''Centropomus'' species are native to tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. Prior to 2004, the subfamily Latinae, which contained three genera, was placed within the Centropomidae; this has since been raised to the family level and renamed Latidae because a cladistic analysis showed the old Centropomidae to be paraphyletic. This has left ''Centropomus'' as the only remaining genus in this family. These are popular game and food fish. Dating from the upper Cretaceous, the centropomids are of typical percoid shape, distinguished by having two-part dorsal fins, a lateral line that extends onto the tail, and frequently, a concave shape to the head. They range from in length and are found in tropical and subtropical waters. The snook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Scabbardfish
The silver scabbardfish (''Lepidopus caudatus''), also known as the frostfish or beltfish is a benthopelagic cutlassfish of the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ... Trichiuridae found throughout the temperate seas of the world. It grows to over in length. References * * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) Trichiuridae Fish described in 1788 {{Scombroidei-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snook (band)
Snook () is a Swedish rap group from Stockholm. The group consists of Oskar "Kihlen" Linnros and Daniel "Danne" Adams-Ray. The group often makes fun of traditional rap and tries to reinvent it. They have released two full-length albums and several singles. In the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen, they won the award for Best Swedish Act. Linnros and Adams-Ray met in high school, Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Odenplan. They formed ''Snook'' (snok is a Swedish slang term for "nose") in 2000. The group's first single ''1990 nånting'' (Eng: "1990 something"), featuring Afasi & Filthy, became a big hit in Sweden. They were critically acclaimed because of their different sound as compared to the general Swedish hip-hop. Their debut album ''Vi vet inte vart vi ska, men vi ska komma dit'' (Eng: "We don't know where we're going, but we will get there") was released in May 2004, and was one of the most praised records in Sweden that year. Snook received a P3 Guld award for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear In The Big Blue House
''Bear in the Big Blue House'' is an American children's television series created by Mitchell Kriegman and produced by Jim Henson Television for Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney preschool television block. Debuting on October 20, 1997, it aired its last episode on April 28, 2006. Reruns of the program continued to air on Playhouse Disney until May 6, 2007. In 2004, The Jim Henson Company sold the rights to the show, including characters, content library and copyrights, to The Walt Disney Company; it is now owned by The Muppets Studio, a subsidiary of Disney that also owns, and is named after, The Muppets characters and copyrights. Plot Bear lives in the Big Blue House where he is caregiver for his friends Ojo, a bear cub; Tutter, a mouse; Treelo, a lemur; otters Pip and Pop; and narrator Shadow. He and his friends have many adventures together. Those normally include solving problems, sharing, cooperating with each other, and developing social/life skills. Each episode opens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Big Big World
''It's a Big Big World'' is an American children's television series that aired on PBS Kids from January 2, 2006, to January 8, 2010. The series was created by Mitchell Kriegman, the creator of the Muppet television series, ''Bear in the Big Blue House.'' After the series ended, reruns continue to air until April 30, 2010. The show revolves around a group of animals living in "The World Tree" in the rainforest along the Amazon River with the Pico da Neblina mountain background. The main character and host is Snook the sloth. The series was taped at Wainscott Studios (now the LTV (Local TV, Inc.) studios) at the East Hampton Airport industrial complex in Wainscott, New York. The only studio to use Shadowmation, a technique created by Mitchell Kriegman, to bring the puppets to life by combining live action animatronic characters with computer generated animation in real time, high definition virtual environments powered by video game engines. Characters * Snook (performed an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snoek (surname)
Snoek is a Dutch surname. Meaning "pike" in Dutch, it may be a metaphorical name or metonymic occupational surname (referring to a fisherman). However, in Zeeland ''Snoek'' was also a common given name in the Middle Ages and the name may be patronymic in origin. Varian forms are ''Snoeck'' and ''Snoeks''. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with the surname include: * Andries Snoek (1766–1829), Dutch tragedy actor * (1910–2001), Dutch dancer, choreographer and ballet director * (1902–1950), Dutch physicist and crystallographer, known e.g. for the * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snook (surname)
Snook is an English surname. The surname is of Old English origin, and is a topographical name, denoting someone who lived on a projecting piece of land. The etymology of ''snook'' is the Old English pre-7th century word "snoc", the Middle English "snoc" and "snoke": a projecting piece or point of land; a promontory. The surname has its main concentration in the UK in the southern counties of primarily Wiltshire, also Hampshire, Somerset and Dorset. Surname * Frank Snook (born 1949), American Major League Baseball player * Gary Snook (born 1947), Western Australian Legislative Assembly member * George Snook (1842–1894), American, President of the Chico Board of Trustees, the governing body of Chico, California from 1885 to 1886 and from 1892 to 1894 * Hans Snook (born 1948), German-Canadian businessman * Ian Snook (born 1950), New Zealand cricketer * James H. Snook (1879–1930), American convicted murderer, Olympic medalist, and inventor of the snook hook * Jeff Snook (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van B
A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries. The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or people in tiny quantities. Mini MPVs, compact MPVs, and MPVs are all small vans usually used for transporting people in small quantities. Larger vans with passenger seats are used for institutional purposes, such as transporting students. Larger vans with only front seats are often used for business purposes, to carry goods and equipment. Specially-equipped vans are used by television stations as mobile studios. Postal services and courier companies use large step vans to deliver packages. Word origin and usage Van meaning a type of vehicle arose as a contraction of the word caravan. The earliest records of a van as a vehicle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snook House
Snook House is a historic residence in Shelby County, Kentucky near Mulberry, Kentucky. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, for the architecture. With History The Snook House was deemed significant as a "well-preserved example of the late 19th century (1865–1900), 1-1/2-story frame T-plan without passage". "T-plan" refers to a house that looks like the letter "T" set on its side in the architectural plans, and are a type of vernacular architecture in Kentucky. It is only one of two T-plan houses without passages identified in the county, and the only single story example. The house was built around 1895, with lumber from the nearby farm of Woodlawn (known as SH-205). This listing included three contributing buildings and a contributing structure In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snook, Texas
Snook is a city in Burleson County, Texas, United States. The population was 506 at the 2020 census. Snook is home to Frank Sodolak of Sodolak's Original Country Inn, the inventor and first known restaurant to serve chicken fried bacon. Snook is also home to Slovacek Sausage Company. Snook is the home of Chilifest, an annual charity event held since 1991 that attracts some of the biggest names in country music for a two-day chili cook-off and concert. This event attracts more than 50,000 people each year. According to the event's web site, Chilifest has donated more than $3,500,000 to area organizations such as Burleson County Go-Texan, the Boys & Girls Club of Brazos Valley and the Snook Volunteer Fire Department. Geography Snook is located in eastern Burleson County at (30.490162, –96.469804). It is southwest of College Station and southeast of Caldwell, the Burleson County seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snook, Pennsylvania
Snook is an unincorporated community in Decatur Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ..., United States. Notes Unincorporated communities in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{MifflinCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rancho San Bernardo (Snook)
Rancho San Bernardo was a Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California with two square leagues given in 1842 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado and an additional two square leagues given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to José Francisco Snook. The grant was between present-day Escondido and Poway, and encompassed present-day Rancho Bernardo, 4S Ranch, the San Pasqual Valley, and Lake Hodges. History Joseph Snook (1798–1848), an Englishman, had been since 1824 a mariner along the Mexican coast, in the employ of Virmond, as master of the English brig Avacucho and later of the Mexican brig Catalina. In 1833, he became a Mexican citizen, and changed his name to Jose Francisco Snook. In 1837, Snook married Maria Antonia Alvarado (1811–), daughter of Juan Bautista Alvarado, grantee of Rancho Rincon del Diablo, which formed the north boundary of Rancho San Bernardo. In 1838, Snook and his wife took over an portion (known as the “Inverness Pocket”) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
