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Lutjanus griseus
(gcide) | 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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Lutjanus griseus
(gcide) | mangrove snapper \mangrove snapper\ n.
A fish (Lutjanus griseus) found in shallow waters off the
coast of Florida; called also gray snapper.
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lutjanus griseus
(wn) | Lutjanus griseus
n 1: found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida [syn:
grey snapper, gray snapper, mangrove snapper,
Lutjanus griseus] |
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