snapper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: snapper	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for snapper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snapper n (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff" Synonym(s): center, snapper flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends Synonym(s): cracker, snapper, cracker bonbon Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots Synonym(s): snapper, Chrysophrys auratus any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite Synonym(s): common snapping turtle, snapper, Chelydra serpentina
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosefish \Rose"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large marine scorp[91]noid food fish ({Sebastes marinus}) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also {red perch}, {hemdurgan}, {Norway haddok}, and also, erroneously, {snapper}, {bream}, and {bergylt}. Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snapper \Snap"per\, n. 1. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder. 2. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snapper \Snap"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip. 2. (Zo[94]l.) 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. Note: 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. (Zo[94]l.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. 5. (Zo[94]l.) A snap beetle.