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Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and tropical America constituting the family Oxylabracidae, esp. the largest species (Oxylabrax, syn. Centropomus, undecimalis), a valuable food fish called also snook, the smaller species being called Rob`a*li"to (/).

Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and tropical America constituting the family Oxylabracidae, esp. the largest species (Oxylabrax, syn. Centropomus, undecimalis), a valuable food fish called also snook, the smaller species being called Rob`a*li"to (/).

rob'a-l[=o], n. a fish of the genus Centropomus. [Sp.,--L. labrus--Gr. labrax.]