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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snapper \Snap"per\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of
        trifles; the snapper of a whip.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The red snapper ({Lutjanus aya} syn. {Lutjanus
           Blackfordi}) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper
           ({Lutjanus 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}.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Zool.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Zool.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Zool.) A snap beetle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for
        producing clicks like those of the sounder.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     7. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rosefish \Rose"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     A large marine scorpaenoid food fish ({Sebastes marinus})
     found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called
     also {red perch}, {hemdurgan}, {Norway haddok}, and also,
     erroneously, {snapper}, {bream}, and {bergylt}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or
           orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and
           ducky brown.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "snapper":
     Klaxon, blunder, boiler factory, boiler room, bull-roarer, bumble,
     catcall, cherry bomb, clack, clacker, clapper, cracker, cricket,
     firecracker, horn, lurch, noisemaker, rattle, rattlebox, siren,
     steam whistle, ticktack, whistle, whizgig, whizzer
  
  

















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