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SNAPPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
Synonyms:
Chelydra serpentina; common snapping turtle; snapper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):
snapping turtle (large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws)
Holonyms ("snapper" is a member of...):
Chelydra; genus Chelydra (snapping turtles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):
food fish (any fish used for food by human beings)
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Meronyms (parts of "snapper"):
snapper (flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snapper"):
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)
gray snapper; grey snapper; Lutjanus griseus; mangrove snapper (found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida)
Lutjanus analis; mutton snapper; muttonfish (similar to and often marketed as 'red snapper')
Lutjanus apodus; schoolmaster (food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters)
Ocyurus chrysurus; yellowtail; yellowtail snapper (superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail)
Holonyms ("snapper" is a member of...):
family Lutjanidae; Lutjanidae (snappers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
Synonyms:
Chrysophrys auratus; snapper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):
sparid; sparid fish (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)
Meronyms (parts of "snapper"):
snapper (flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas)
Holonyms ("snapper" is a member of...):
Chrysophrys; genus Chrysophrys (Australian snapper)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
Synonyms:
cracker; cracker bonbon; snapper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):
favor; favour; party favor; party favour (souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party)
Derivation:
snap (cause to make a snapping sound)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):
saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snapper"):
red snapper (highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico)
Holonyms ("snapper" is a part of...):
snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)
Chrysophrys auratus; snapper (Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots)
Sense 6
Meaning:
(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
Example:
the center fumbled the handoff
Synonyms:
center; snapper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):
lineman (one of the players on the line of scrimmage)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Derivation:
snap (put in play with a snap)
