单词 | grey snapper |
释义 | > as lemmasgrey snapper grey snapper n. any of several tropical game and food fishes of a greyish colour, chiefly of the family Lutjanidae; esp. Lutjanus griseus of the Caribbean and West Atlantic (also called mangrove snapper n. (b) at mangrove n.1 Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1795 C. Chisholm Ess. Malignant Pestilential Fever W. Indian Islands 28 Black, red, and grey snappers..are amongst the best of the sea-fish. 1876 G. B. Goode Catal. Fishes Bermudas 54 Gray Snapper... Its extreme cunning..has gained it the soubriquet of ‘Sea Lawyer’. 1954 Cairns Post (Austral.) 2 July 3/3 The Dan Higgins trophy for the largest grey snapper [was won] by J. Jeffreys. 2010 N. Toppino Insiders' Guide Florida Keys & Key West 210/2 The mangrove snapper, or grey snapper (Lutjanus griseus), though often haunting the coral reef, also can be found inshore in mangrove habitats. < as lemmas |
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