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Definition of Snapper

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Rosefish Rose"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large marine scorp[ae]noid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt. Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.
Snapper
Snapper Snap"per, n. 1. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder. 2. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
Snapper
Snapper Snap"per, n. 1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America. Note: The red snapper (Lutjanus aya, or Blackfordi) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper (L. griseus) are large and abundant species. The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See Rosefish. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. 5. (Zo["o]l.) A snap beetle.

Meaning of Snapper from wikipedia

- Look up snapper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Snapper(s) may refer to: Lutjanidae, a family of fish known as snappers Lutj**** campech****, a fish...
- northern red snapper's body is very similar in shape to other snappers, such as the mangrove snapper, mutton snapper, lane snapper, and dog snapper. All feature...
- The schoolmaster snapper (Lutj**** apodus), is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the western...
- Northern red snapper, commonly referred to as red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean Lutj**** purpureus, Southern red snapper, is one...
- The Australasian snapper (Pagrus auratus) or silver seabream is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, mainland...
- The mangrove snapper or gray snapper (Lutj**** griseus) is a species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean from M****achusetts to Brazil, the...
- In gridiron football, the long snapper (or deep snapper) is a center on special teams whose duty is to snap the football over a longer distance, typically...
- The lane snapper (Lutj**** synagris), the Mexican snapper, redtail snapper or spot snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging...
- The vermilion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens), the clubhead snapper, night snapper, Brian's red fish or beeliner is a species of marine ray-finned fish...
- The Snapper is a 1993 Irish television film directed by Stephen Frears and starred Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney and Brendan Gleeson. The film is based...