Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish of the genus Centropomus, represented by many species in tropical America.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and tropical America constituting the family
Oxylabracidæ , esp. the largest species (Oxylabrax undecimalis , syn.Centropomus undecimalis ), a valuable food fish called alsosnook , the smaller species being called Rob`a*li"to (�).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a kind of percoid fish
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But then while most people ooh and aah over dorado, to me there are several other species that I´d much rather put on my plate such as robalo or lora for starters.
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Can't speak to whether or not there are bass there, but I do know that robalo (snook?) are very common.
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Popular ones like huachinango or robalo can run easily $60-90/kg, quite a bit more than meat. (note: prices are approx but I´ll pay more attention next week when we head for the market.)
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Other tabasqueña main dishes include estofado de gallina (a rich chicken stew), frijoles negros con carne salada (a black bean and pork dish), robalo a la tabasqueña (snook cooked with Tabascan seasonings) and pollo en chirmol (chicken in a pumpkin seed and chile sauce.)
The Cuisine of Tabasco: Heartland Of Pre-Hispanic Cooking 2004
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Other tabasqueña main dishes include estofado de gallina (a rich chicken stew), frijoles negros con carne salada (a black bean and pork dish), robalo a la tabasqueña (snook cooked with Tabascan seasonings) and pollo en chirmol (chicken in a pumpkin seed and chile sauce.)
The Cuisine of Tabasco: Heartland Of Pre-Hispanic Cooking 2004
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Other tabasqueña main dishes include estofado de gallina (a rich chicken stew), frijoles negros con carne salada (a black bean and pork dish), robalo a la tabasqueña (snook cooked with Tabascan seasonings) and pollo en chirmol (chicken in a pumpkin seed and chile sauce.)
The Cuisine of Tabasco: Heartland Of Pre-Hispanic Cooking 2004
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We ordered a local specialty, soup with shrimp meatballs to start, and fish (meaty robalo, or sea bass, that day) in garlic butter to follow.
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We ordered a local specialty, soup with shrimp meatballs to start, and fish (meaty robalo, or sea bass, that day) in garlic butter to follow.
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We ordered a local specialty, soup with shrimp meatballs to start, and fish (meaty robalo, or sea bass, that day) in garlic butter to follow.
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We ordered a local specialty, soup with shrimp meatballs to start, and fish (meaty robalo, or sea bass, that day) in garlic butter to follow.
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