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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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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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