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Definition of Snapper

1. Noun. (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback. "The center fumbled the handoff"

2. Noun. Flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas.

3. Noun. A party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends.

4. Noun. Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots.

5. Noun. Any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters.

6. Noun. Large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite.

Definition of Snapper

1. n. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.

2. n. A device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.

Definition of Snapper

1. one that snaps [n -S] - See also: snaps

Medical Definition of Snapper

1. 1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip. 2. Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America. The red snapper (Lutjanus aya, or Blackfordi) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper (L. Griseus) are large and abundant species. The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See Rosefish. 3. A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper. 4. The green woodpecker, or yaffle. 5. A snap beetle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snapper

snakinesses snaking snakish snaky snap snap snapback snapbacks snapdragon snapdragon

snapdragons snapless snapline snapped snapper (current term) snapper (current term) snappered snappers snappier snappiest

snappily snappiness snappinesses snapping snapping snappings snapping beetle snapping reflex snapping shrimp snapping turtle

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