schnapper

American  

[shnap-er, snap-] / ˈʃnæp ər, ˈsnæp- /

noun

1. a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.

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schnapper British  

/ ˈʃnæpə /

noun

1. a variant of snapper snapper

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Etymology

Origin of schnapper

1820–30; variant of snapper; sch < German

Example Sentences

Next to the lordly and brilliant-hued schnapper, the big black bream of the deep harbour waters of the east coast of Australia is the finest fish of the bream species that have ever been caught.

From The Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream Of Australia 1901 by Becke, Louis

No wonder that Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales, spoke of the schnapper as 'an exceedingly beautiful and palatable fish.'

From Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 by Becke, Louis

The schnapper, the best of all Australian fish, is too well known to here enter into a detailed description.

From Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 by Becke, Louis

The greatest ignorance, too, prevails as to the edible qualities of the many varieties of excellent rock-fish, except the well-known schnapper.

From Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 by Becke, Louis

"Well," said Old Colonial, "there's no time now; but we've got to get some schnapper for supper to-night, so you and I will go and fish down the Arapaoa yonder; then I'll tell you."

From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle