Library / English Dictionary

RED SNAPPER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico

Synonyms:

Lutjanus blackfordi; red snapper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("red snapper" is a kind of...):

snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)

Meronyms (parts of "red snapper"):

red snapper (highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico)

Holonyms ("red snapper" is a member of...):

genus Lutjanus; Lutjanus (type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("red snapper" is a kind of...):

snapper (flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas)

Holonyms ("red snapper" is a part of...):

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)

Credits