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red snapper
noun
- any of several snappers of the genus Lutjanus, especially L. campechanus, a large food fish of the Gulf of Mexico.
red snapper
noun
- any of various marine percoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus , esp L. blackfordi , having a reddish coloration, common in American coastal regions of the Atlantic: family Lutjanidae (snappers)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of red snapper1
An Americanism dating back to 1765–75
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Example Sentences
Only seven of 120 samples of “red snapper” purchased nationwide actually proved to be red snapper.
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I suggested comfort in the idea of red snapper at Pensacola.
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The dog snapper is very similar in shape to the red snapper, but is much smaller and of different coloration.
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The commercial fishing for the red snapper is done on the "snapper banks" in very deep water.
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The red snapper, being a deep-water fish, is seldom found along the shores, and is of no importance to the angler.
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The red snapper is the most widely known, commercially, being shipped from Pensacola and Tampa to all Northern cities.
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