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- snap·per (snapґər) any of various carnivorous marine fish of the family Lutjanidae, found in tropical waters; they are often eaten, but sometimes contain ciguatoxin and cause ciguatera.
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Snapper — may refer to:Animals* Lutjanidae, a family of fish known as snappers * Many other fishes from other families including ** Australian snapper , or squirefish, Pagrus auratus ** Eastern nannygai, also known as red snapper, Centroberyx affinis **… … Wikipedia
Snapper — Snap per, n. 1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip. [1913 Webster] 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Snapper — ist die englische Bezeichnung für die Fischfamilie der Schnapper der Codename für eine Panzerabwehrrakete, siehe AT 1 Snapper Isidore Snapper (1889 1973), niederländischer Internist Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidu … Deutsch Wikipedia
snapper — [snap′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that snaps 2. pl. snappers or snapper 3. ☆ a) SNAPPING TURTLE b) any of a family (Lutjanidae) of percoid fishes inhabiting most warm seas; esp., the red snapper ☆ c) … English World dictionary
snapper — (n.) applied to various fishes since 1690s, agent noun from SNAP (Cf. snap) (v.). Slang meaning vagina is by 2000. As a short form of snapping turtle it is recorded from 1872. Snappers teeth is attested from 1924 … Etymology dictionary
snapper — ► NOUN ▪ a marine fish noted for snapping its toothed jaws … English terms dictionary
snapper — /snap euhr/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) snapper, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) snappers for 1, 2; snappers for 3, 4, 5. 1. any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae. 2. any of various other fishes, as… … Universalium
snapper — /ˈsnæpə / (say snapuh) noun 1. (plural snapper or snappers) Also, schnapper. a marine food fish of the family Sparidae, Chrysophrys auratus, widely distributed in Australian and New Zealand coastal waters, and known as cockney bream when very… …
snapper — noun a) Any of some 100 different species of fish. 1993: mdash; title of novel and film by b) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, but usually the adult fish of that species, with the young instead called cockney then red bream then squire, before… … Wiktionary
snapper — [[t]snæ̱pə(r)[/t]] snappers N COUNT (snapper can also be used as the plural form.) A snapper is a fish that has sharp teeth and lives in warm seas. N UNCOUNT Snapper is this fish eaten as food … English dictionary
snapper — noun (plural snappers) Date: circa 1587 1. one that snaps: as a. something (as a remark) that gives new orientation to a situation or utterance b. (1) snapping turtle (2) click beetle 2. plural also snapper a … New Collegiate Dictionary
