4 definitions
for Snapper
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
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7. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
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]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
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
