red snapper

red snapper

n.1. Any of several reddish marine food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, especially L. campechanus of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.2. A reddish rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) of the eastern Pacific Ocean.

red snapper

n (Animals) any of various marine percoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, esp L. blackfordi, having a reddish coloration, common in American coastal regions of the Atlantic: family Lutjanidae (snappers)

red′ snap′per

n. any of several snappers of the genus Lutjanus, esp. L. campechanus, a large food fish of the Gulf of Mexico.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	red snapper - highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of MexicoLutjanus blackfordi, red snapper - an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexicosnapper - flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
	2.	red snapper - an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of MexicoLutjanus blackfordisnapper - any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal watersgenus Lutjanus, Lutjanus - type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappersred snapper - highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico

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