- Lutjanus griseus
- 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster]
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}. [1913 Webster]
3. (Zo["o]l.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper. [1913 Webster]
4. (Zo["o]l.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. [1913 Webster]
5. (Zo["o]l.) A snap beetle. [1913 Webster]
6. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
