About The Word Snapper
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Snapper
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What's The Definition Of Snapper?
[n] large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
[n] any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters [n] Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots [n] a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends [n] flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas [n] (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff" Synonyms | Synonyms for Snapper: center | Chelydra serpentina | Chrysophrys auratus | common snapping turtle | cracker | cracker bonbon Related Terms | Find terms related to Snapper: See Also | Chelydra | Chrysophrys | Chrysophrys auratus | family Lutjanidae | favor | favour | food fish | genus Chelydra | genus Chrysophrys | gray snapper | lineman | Lutjanidae | Lutjanus analis | Lutjanus apodus | Lutjanus blackfordi | Lutjanus griseus | mangrove snapper | mutton snapper | muttonfish | Ocyurus chrysurus | party favor | party favour | percoid | percoid fish | percoidean | red snapper | red snapper | saltwater fish | schoolmaster | snapper | snapper | snapping turtle | sparid | sparid fish | yellowtail | yellowtail snapper Snapper In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
\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. |
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