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Definition of Schnapper
1. Noun. Alternative spelling of the fish snapper, often used by restauranteurs and fish shop owners. (Reference: Snapper page at sportsfish.com.au [ ¹
2. Noun. an Australasian fish, ''Chrysophrys guttulatus''; the porgy or snapper ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schnapper
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schnapper
Literary usage of Schnapper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of the Fishes of New Zealand by R. A. A. Sherrin (1886)
"The schnapper is not frequently reported to occur south of the Kaikoura ...
The schnapper frequents shallow water, and is generally caught with the net in ..."
2. Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales by Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods (1883)
"The genus Pagrus or as we term it in the vernacular " schnapper," a word of Dutch
origin, is distinquished by an ..."
3. Our Australian Cousins by James Inglis (1880)
"Deep-sea fishing in Australia—schnapper-fishing—Acclimatization making ...
schnapper fishing is a never-failing resource of the holiday-maker in New South ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"The schnapper is, like nearly all the fishes of these waters, beautifully tinted,
... The best of schnapper-fishing is that you leave off contented. ..."
5. Near and Far: An Angler's Sketches of Home Sport and Colonial Life by William Senior (1888)
"THE schnapper PARTY. THERE is a faint light in the east, though the Southern
Cross and the less known, but certainly more beautiful, constellations of the ..."
6. Near and Far: An Angler's Sketches of Home Sport and Colonial Life by William Senior (1890)
"THE schnapper PARTY. THERE is a faint light in the east, though the Southern
Cross and the less known, but certainly more beautiful, constellations of the ..."
7. Near and Far: An Angler's Sketches of Home Sport and Colonial Life by William Senior (1888)
"THE schnapper PARTY. THERE is a faint light in the east, though the Southern
Cross and the less known, but certainly more beautiful, constellations of the ..."
8. Near and Far: An Angler's Sketches of Home Sport and Colonial Life by William Senior (1888)
"THE schnapper PARTY. THERE is a faint light in the east, though the Southern
Cross and the less known, but certainly more beautiful, constellations of the ..."
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