snapper
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- noun
- /ˈsnæpər/
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- Got a red snapper fish sandwich from Pappadeaux.
- red snapper
- fishing for snapper
- snapper and grouper
Back then we would spear grouper, snapper, hogfish.
- Back then we would spear grouper, snapper, hogfish.
- I saw there goes a couple mangrove snappers over there.
- We got red snapper, some prawns, octopus, skirt steak, swordfish.
- You caught branzino, something like that tuna snapper.
- I mean, Black Sea bass, red snapper, gag grouper at one point, a lot of these Goliath grouper, there was trips where we'd come back with boatloads of Jew fish or Goliath grouper.
Examples
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I also fish for the American red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico's Middle Grounds.
Blog text (2) -
A little bit of Vermilion snapper and a little bit of white snapper.
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Until recently, the majority of snapper sold in Hawaii passed through the monitored site.
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That is the biggest mangrove snapper I've seen in a very, very long time.
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Thus, fishing has remained profitable, although red snappers represent a declining share of the overall catch of reef fish.
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Until recently, many fishermen targeted individual species of snappers, but this strategy is not commonly practiced today.
Academic text (1993) -
Several different stock assessment approaches have been applied to the Hawaiian deepwater snapper fishery.
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We got red snapper, some prawns, octopus, skirt steak, swordfish.
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The chef prepared a delicious grilled snapper with lemon and herbs for dinner.
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While fishing off the coast, they caught a large snapper that weighed over 10 pounds.
Synonyms
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A reddish sea fish often served as food in restaurants
A gray snapper fish that lives in shallow coastal waters near Florida
A sea fish often caught near coasts for food and sport
A common sea fish that lives in shallow water near mangrove roots and people catch for food
A fish like a snapper that lives in warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters and is eaten
A sea fish like a red snapper that lives near reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean
A medium-sized red sea fish from the Atlantic that people sell for food
A fish like a red snapper often sold under that name
A group of sea fish like snappers found in tropical and subtropical seas
A group of colorful sea fish like the yellowtail snapper that people eat
A bright fish with a yellow stripe on its side and tail eaten as food
A bright fish with a wide yellow stripe along its side and tail that people eat
A common Australian sea fish with a pink body and blue spots eaten as food
A fish with oily, tasty flesh often cooked and eaten
A fish from the sea that people often eat
A large sea fish that lives in the western Atlantic and whose male has a head like a pig's snout
Compounds
A large freshwater turtle with three ridges on its shell found in the southeastern United States
A common sea fish that lives in shallow water near mangrove roots and people catch for food
- US
A large sea fish that lives in the western Atlantic and whose male has a head like a pig's snout
A bright fish with a wide yellow stripe along its side and tail that people eat
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snapper comes from the verb snap meaning 'to bite quickly' plus -er for 'one that does it'. So the fish called a snapper is one that snaps at bait and has sharp teeth, which helps you remember its name.