snapper

n. 1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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 ]

3. (Zool.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) A snap beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

7. A string bean. [ Colloq., U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]