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| snapper | (n) flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas |
| snapper | (n) Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots, Syn. Chrysophrys auratus |
| snapper | (n) any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters |
| snapping shrimp | (n) small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae, Syn. pistol shrimp |
| snapping turtle | (n) large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws |
| snappish | (adj) apt to speak irritably, Syn. snappy, Example: a snappish tone of voice |
| snappishly | (adv) in an ill-natured and snappish manner, Example: `Don't talk to me now, ' she said snappishly |
| snappy | (adj) smart and fashionable, Syn. whipping, Example: snappy conversation; some sharp and whipping lines |
| Snapper | n. ☞ The red snapper (Lutjanus aya syn. Lutjanus Blackfordi) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper (Lutjanus 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Snapping | a. & n. from Snap, v. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Snappish | a. The taunting address of a snappish misanthrope. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ] -- |
| Snappy | a. Snappish. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |