Snark

Pronunciation: /snɑː(ɹ)k/

The English word “Snark” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

A fictional animal in Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark.
A ketch built by Jack London named after Lewis Carroll's poem The Hunting of the Snark

Etymology

Coined by Lewis Carroll as a nonce word in The Hunting of the Snark (1874). According to Beatrice Hatch, Carroll created this word as a blend of snail + shark.

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More English words

snarfing
snarfle
snarge
snaring
snark
snark hunt
snark mark
snark-like

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