red snapper
noun
: any of various reddish fishes (as of the genera Lutjanus and Sebastes) including several food fishes
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web According to officials, 14 Mexican nationals were detained after they were caught in the fishing boats with around 440 pounds of sharks and 2,425 pounds of red snapper. 
Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022 Any change to the red snapper season would not take place until next year, according to Chris Blankenship, commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. al, 6 Aug. 2022 The menu includes chicken marinated in a spice blend and sauteed vegetables in herb sauce and red snapper marinated and deep fried in Haitian sauce, made partly with garlic and scallions. Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2022 Entrees are salmon, halibut, red snapper, chicken rollatini, pork chop, filet mignon, ribeye. Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2022 NOAA Fisheries has announced that the total Gulf of Mexico red snapper recreational snapper quota is 7,399,000 pounds, with 57.7% of that going to private anglers. al, 3 May 2022 The golden eye and red snapper might be torched for smokiness, while the tuna is meaty and the toro is attractively buttery. Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2022 Try the tuna tostada, coconut shrimp, or red snapper. J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 20 June 2022 The supremely enjoyable version at The Russell is a large red snapper, fried (with the head on) to perfect crispness, then smothered in onions and carrots and given a highly vinegary dressing. Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2022 See More
Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022 Any change to the red snapper season would not take place until next year, according to Chris Blankenship, commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. al, 6 Aug. 2022 The menu includes chicken marinated in a spice blend and sauteed vegetables in herb sauce and red snapper marinated and deep fried in Haitian sauce, made partly with garlic and scallions. Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2022 Entrees are salmon, halibut, red snapper, chicken rollatini, pork chop, filet mignon, ribeye. Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2022 NOAA Fisheries has announced that the total Gulf of Mexico red snapper recreational snapper quota is 7,399,000 pounds, with 57.7% of that going to private anglers. al, 3 May 2022 The golden eye and red snapper might be torched for smokiness, while the tuna is meaty and the toro is attractively buttery. Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2022 Try the tuna tostada, coconut shrimp, or red snapper. J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 20 June 2022 The supremely enjoyable version at The Russell is a large red snapper, fried (with the head on) to perfect crispness, then smothered in onions and carrots and given a highly vinegary dressing. Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1755, in the meaning defined above