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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Snapper \Snap"per\, n.
1. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for
producing clicks like those of the sounder.
2. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
snapper
n 1: (football) the person who plays center on the line of
scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the
center fumbled the handoff" [syn: {center}]
2: flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
3: a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing
candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
[syn: {cracker}, {cracker bonbon}]
4: Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
[syn: {Chrysophrys auratus}]
5: any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport
fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal
waters
6: large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or
near water; prone to bite [syn: {common snapping turtle},
{Chelydra serpentina}]