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

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 Sea pike Zool. (a) The garfish. (b) A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo. (c) The merluce.

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 Snook, n.  Zool. (a) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo. (b) The cobia. (c) The garfish.

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