Snapper
Word | SNAPPER |
Character | 7 |
Hyphenation | snap per |
Pronunciations | N/A |
Definitions and meanings of "Snapper"
What do we mean by snapper?
One that snaps. noun
A snapping turtle. noun
Any of numerous marine fishes of the family Lutjanidae of tropical and subtropical coastal waters worldwide, many of which are important food fishes. noun
A porgy (Pagrus auratus) of the Indo-Pacific region, having a pinkish body with spiny fins and valued as a food and game fish. noun
One who or that which snaps, in any sense. noun
A cracker-bonbon. noun
The cracker on the end of a whip-lash; figuratively, a smart or caustic saying to wind up a speech or discourse. noun
A fire-cracker or snapping-cracker noun
A snapping-beetle. noun
A snappin g turtle. noun
One of various fishes: noun
The snap-mackerel or bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix. See cut under bluefish. noun
The rose-fish, redfish, or hemdurgan, Sebastes marinus. See cut under Sebastes. noun
A sparoid fish of the subfamily Lutjaninæ. They are large, handsome fishes, of much economic value, as Lutjanus caxis or griseus, the gray, black, or Pensacola snapper; L. blackfordi or vivanus, the red snapper; Rhomboplites aurorubens, the bastard snapper or mangrove-snapper. All these occur on the Atlantic coast of the United States, chiefly southward. The red snapper, of a nearly uniform rose-red color, is the most valuable of these; it is caught in large numbers off the coast of Florida, and taken to all the principal northern markets. The gray snapper is of a greenish-olive color, with brown spots on each scale and a narrow blue stripe on the cheek. There are also Malayan and Japanese snappers of this kind, called lutjang, the source of the technical name of the genus. noun
In ornithology: noun
The green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis. See cut under popinjay. noun
One of various American flycatchers (not Muscicapidæ) which snap at flies, often with an audible click of the beak; a flysnapper. See cut under flysnapper. noun
Plural Castanets. noun
One who, or that which, snaps.
Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
A (human) baby.
The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
Small, paper-wrapped item containing a minute quantity of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand, which explodes noisily when thrown onto a hard surface.
One who takes snaps; a photographer.
The snapping turtle.
The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
A string bean.
The vulva.
(entertainment) A punchline.
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