Snāe'ot, n.

n. [Corrupted from N. Lat. syngnathus (Syngnathus acus of Linnæus), from Gr. σύν, with, together, and γνάθος, jaw, because the jaws are so joined together that only the point or front part of the mouth is opened.] (Ichth.) A certain fish; the gar-pike; the sea-needle. Ainsworth.