red snapper (redirected from red snappers)

red snapper

n.

Any of several marine food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, of tropical and semitropical waters, having red or reddish bodies.

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red snapper

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various marine percoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, esp L. blackfordi, having a reddish coloration, common in American coastal regions of the Atlantic: family Lutjanidae (snappers)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	red snapper - highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico Lutjanus blackfordi, red snapper - an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico snapper - flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
	2.	red snapper - an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico Lutjanus blackfordi snapper - any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters genus Lutjanus, Lutjanus - type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers red snapper - highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico