资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Snapper \Snap"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of
trifles; the snapper of a whip.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Note: The red snapper ({Lutjanus aya, or Blackfordi}) and the
gray, or mangrove, snapper ({L. 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}.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A snap beetle.