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schnapper
[ shnap-er, snap- ]
noun
- a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of schnapper1
1820–30; variant of snapper; sch < German
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Example Sentences
According to G. Schnapper Arndt; founded on recent census figures, around the close of the century.
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On reaching the deck we found the officers and crew hauling in schnapper as fast as they could bait their hooks.
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The schnapper, the best of all Australian fish, is too well known to here enter into a detailed description.
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The schnapper, the best of all Australian fish, is too well known to English visitors to describe in detail.
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