Lutjanus blackfordi

Lutjanus blackfordi
    n 1: an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body;
         common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and
         the Gulf of Mexico [syn: {red snapper}, {Lutjanus
         blackfordi}]
    

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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