red snapper


noun

any of several snappers of the genus Lutjanus, especially L. campechanus, a large food fish of the Gulf of Mexico.

Origin of red snapper

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

Example sentences from the Web for red snapper

  • They had stopped in Miami and Rick had noticed that red-snapper prices were about the same as those for steak.

    The Wailing Octopus |Harold Leland Goodwin

British Dictionary definitions for red snapper

red snapper

noun

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)