Snapper — may refer to:Animals* Lutjanidae, a family of fish known as snappers * Many other fishes from other families including ** Australian snapper , or squirefish, Pagrus auratus ** Eastern nannygai, also known as red snapper, Centroberyx affinis **… … Wikipedia
Snapper — Snap per, n. 1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus {Lutjanus}, abundant on the southern coasts of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Snapper — ist die englische Bezeichnung für die Fischfamilie der Schnapper der Codename für eine Panzerabwehrrakete, siehe AT 1 Snapper Isidore Snapper (1889 1973), niederländischer Internist Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidu … Deutsch Wikipedia
snapper — [snap′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that snaps 2. pl. snappers or snapper 3. ☆ a) SNAPPING TURTLE b) any of a family (Lutjanidae) of percoid fishes inhabiting most warm seas; esp., the red snapper ☆ c) … English World dictionary
snapper — (n.) applied to various fishes since 1690s, agent noun from SNAP (Cf. snap) (v.). Slang meaning vagina is by 2000. As a short form of snapping turtle it is recorded from 1872. Snappers teeth is attested from 1924 … Etymology dictionary
snapper — ► NOUN ▪ a marine fish noted for snapping its toothed jaws … English terms dictionary
snapper — /snap euhr/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) snapper, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) snappers for 1, 2; snappers for 3, 4, 5. 1. any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae. 2. any of various other fishes, as… … Universalium
snapper — /ˈsnæpə / (say snapuh) noun 1. (plural snapper or snappers) Also, schnapper. a marine food fish of the family Sparidae, Chrysophrys auratus, widely distributed in Australian and New Zealand coastal waters, and known as cockney bream when very… …
snapper — [[t]snæ̱pə(r)[/t]] snappers N COUNT (snapper can also be used as the plural form.) A snapper is a fish that has sharp teeth and lives in warm seas. N UNCOUNT Snapper is this fish eaten as food … English dictionary
snapper — noun (plural snappers) Date: circa 1587 1. one that snaps: as a. something (as a remark) that gives new orientation to a situation or utterance b. (1) snapping turtle (2) click beetle 2. plural also snapper a … New Collegiate Dictionary