gray snapper

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noun

a snapper, Lutjanus griseus, of shallow waters off the coast of Florida, having a grayish-green body with a brown spot on each scale.

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Origin of gray snapper

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

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Very trim and strong, and confident he looked, with the glow of youth in his cheeks, and the spark of happiness in his gray eyes.
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They nodded at each other when they met, and the gray man showed him a little ship with rigging that took up and down.
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Some hidden magnetism burst from him like an aura, and his cold pasty face and light gray eyes flamed into positive beauty.
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They climbed another dune, and came upon the great gray sea at low tide.
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The gray eyes, once flashing with the light of kindly humor, now softened with sympathy, now glowed with pity.
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