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red snapper

noun
  1. any of several snappers of the genus Lutjanus, especially L. campechanus, a large food fish of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Origin of red snapper

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75
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Historical Examples of red snapper

  • They had stopped in Miami and Rick had noticed that red-snapper prices were about the same as those for steak.

    The Wailing Octopus

    Harold Leland Goodwin

British Dictionary definitions for red snapper

red snapper

noun
  1. 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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