- Robalo by Webster's
... n.) Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and tropical America constituting the family Oxylabracidae, especially the largest species (Oxylabrax, syn. Centropomus, undecimalis), a valuable food fish called also snook, the smaller species being called Rob`a*li"to (/).
- Peshnia by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a percussive, pikelike implement with an iron or steel head that is approximately Vi m long, weighs 2 to 4 kg, and comes to a sharp point. The head has a belled mouth, into which a wooden handle of up to 1 m in length is inserted. The peshnia ...
- sailfish by Michelle Cummings
... . Like the marlin it has a pikelike upper jaw and small scales embedded in its skin. The average length is 6 ft (180 cm), though it may reach 10 ft (305 cm). The Atlantic sailfish, Istiophorus americanus, found north to Cape Cod in summer, averages 60 lb (27 kg) in weight, while the Pacific sailfish, I. Orientalis, grows to 100 lb (45 kg). Sailfish are classified ...
- Barracuda by Webster's
... n.) Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyraena and family Sphyraenidae. The great barracuda (S. barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. S. Argentea of the Pacific coast and S. sphyraena of ...