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 Definitions for snapper: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Snapper \Snap"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of
trifles; the snapper of a whip.
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2. (Zool.) 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.
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Note: The red snapper (Lutjanus aya syn. {Lutjanus
Blackfordi}) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper
(Lutjanus 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.
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3. (Zool.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
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4. (Zool.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
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5. (Zool.) A snap beetle.
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6. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for
producing clicks like those of the sounder.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Rosefish \Rose"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
A large marine scorpaenoid 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.
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Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or
orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and
ducky brown.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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snapper
n 1: (football) the person who plays center on the line of
scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the
center fumbled the handoff" [syn: center]
2: flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
3: a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing
candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
[syn: cracker, cracker bonbon]
4: Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
[syn: Chrysophrys auratus]
5: any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport
fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal
waters
6: large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or
near water; prone to bite [syn: common snapping turtle,
Chelydra serpentina]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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25 Moby Thesaurus words for "snapper":
Klaxon, blunder, boiler factory, boiler room, bull-roarer, bumble,
catcall, cherry bomb, clack, clacker, clapper, cracker, cricket,
firecracker, horn, lurch, noisemaker, rattle, rattlebox, siren,
steam whistle, ticktack, whistle, whizgig, whizzer
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