schnappern.

Brit.

/ˈsnapə/, U.S.

/ˈsnæpər/, Australian English

/ˈsnæpə/, New Zealand English

/ˈsnæpə/

Forms: 1800s– schnapper, 1900s– shnapper.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymon: snapper n.¹

Etymology: Alteration of snapper n.¹ after German schnappen snap v.German Schnapper is not attested as the name of a fish until later (1860 in a translation from English, or earlier).

Chiefly Australian.

A pinkish silver fish of warm temperate coastal seas in the western Pacific, Pagrus auratus (family Sparidae), caught for food especially in southern Australia and New Zealand.Also called snapper. Cf. cockney n. 6. The red sea bream of Japan, Pagrus major, is regarded by some zoologists as a variety of the same species.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of genus Pagrus or Chrysophrys (schnapper)

tai1620

snapper1697

stone-bass1698

schnapper1821

paugy1848

scup1848

scuppaug1870

count-fish1874

tarwhine1880

1821 McCrae's Evid. before Commissioner Bigge May in R. McNab Hist. Rec. N.Z. (1908) I. 550 Q. What sort of fish did you obtain at New Zealand? A...There are snappers (schnapper), mullet, bream, soles, eels.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 171 The first fish, a twelve-pound schnapper.

1947 K. Tennant Lost Haven vi. 89 The deck was littered with the pink-bronze bodies of schnapper.

2005 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Drive section) 4 Then there is the almost mandatory rite of stocking up on battered fish (you might be lucky and get barracuda or schnapper but otherwise go for flake).

Compounds

General attributive and appositive.

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1829 Australian 22 July A capitalist lately arrived from Old England, is about investing a whacking amount in hard cash, in a mackerel, schnapper, and salmon fishery!

1853 C. St. Julian & E. K. Silvester Productions, Industry, & Resources New S. Wales i. 81 A bream line may be procured at any of the ironmongers for a shilling, and a schnapper line for half-a-crown.

1859 All Year Round 21 May 80/2 We had been accustomed to..fish with large hooks and strong lines for Schnapper-fish weighing from seven to twenty-five pounds.

1947 K. Tennant Lost Haven i. 14 The schnapper boat moored beside..the grey skeleton of the half-built ship.

2000 AAP Newsfeed (Nexis) 24 Oct. South Australia's schnapper fishery would be closed for a second time this year to protect stock.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	schnapper
释义	schnappern. Brit. /ˈsnapə/, U.S. /ˈsnæpər/, Australian English /ˈsnæpə/, New Zealand English /ˈsnæpə/ Forms: 1800s– schnapper, 1900s– shnapper. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymon: snapper n.¹ Etymology: Alteration of snapper n.¹ after German schnappen snap v.German Schnapper is not attested as the name of a fish until later (1860 in a translation from English, or earlier). Chiefly Australian. A pinkish silver fish of warm temperate coastal seas in the western Pacific, Pagrus auratus (family Sparidae), caught for food especially in southern Australia and New Zealand.Also called snapper. Cf. cockney n. 6. The red sea bream of Japan, Pagrus major, is regarded by some zoologists as a variety of the same species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > member of genus Pagrus or Chrysophrys (schnapper) tai1620 snapper1697 stone-bass1698 schnapper1821 paugy1848 scup1848 scuppaug1870 count-fish1874 tarwhine1880 1821 McCrae's Evid. before Commissioner Bigge May in R. McNab Hist. Rec. N.Z. (1908) I. 550 Q. What sort of fish did you obtain at New Zealand? A...There are snappers (schnapper), mullet, bream, soles, eels. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 171 The first fish, a twelve-pound schnapper. 1947 K. Tennant Lost Haven vi. 89 The deck was littered with the pink-bronze bodies of schnapper. 2005 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Drive section) 4 Then there is the almost mandatory rite of stocking up on battered fish (you might be lucky and get barracuda or schnapper but otherwise go for flake). Compounds General attributive and appositive. ΚΠ 1829 Australian 22 July A capitalist lately arrived from Old England, is about investing a whacking amount in hard cash, in a mackerel, schnapper, and salmon fishery! 1853 C. St. Julian & E. K. Silvester Productions, Industry, & Resources New S. Wales i. 81 A bream line may be procured at any of the ironmongers for a shilling, and a schnapper line for half-a-crown. 1859 All Year Round 21 May 80/2 We had been accustomed to..fish with large hooks and strong lines for Schnapper-fish weighing from seven to twenty-five pounds. 1947 K. Tennant Lost Haven i. 14 The schnapper boat moored beside..the grey skeleton of the half-built ship. 2000 AAP Newsfeed (Nexis) 24 Oct. South Australia's schnapper fishery would be closed for a second time this year to protect stock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821
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