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Webster 1913 Edition
Snapper
Snap′per
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, snaps;
as, a
snapper
up of trifles; the snapper
of a whip.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. ☞ 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
. 3.
(Zool.)
A snapping turtle;
as, the alligator
. snapper
4.
(Zool.)
The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
5.
(Zool.)
A snap beetle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Snapper
SNAP'PER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
snapper
snapper
See also: snäpper
English
Alternative forms
- schnapper (fish)
Noun
snapper (plural snappers)
- One who, or that which, snaps.
- a snapper-up of trifles
- the snapper of a whip
- Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
- (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
- (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
- 1990, Roddy Doyle, The Snapper.
- (American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
- (US) 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.
- (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
- (US, informal) The snapping turtle.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
- A snap beetle.
- (historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
- (US, colloquial) A string bean.
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Related terms
References
- ↑ 1990, Richard Allan, Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, ISBN 1-86302-674-6, page 309.
- ↑ “Snapper”, entry in 1966, An Encyclopedia of New Zealand.