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单词 snapper
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
snap•per  (snapər),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -per,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -pers for 1, 2;
-pers for 3, 4, 5.
  1. Fishany of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae.
  2. Fishany of various other fishes, as the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix.
  3. ReptilesSee snapping turtle. 
  4. Informal Termsa person in charge of a group of workers.
  5. a tuft or knot of cotton, horsehair, hemp, etc., at the tip of a whip's lash;
    cracker;
    popper.
  • snap + -er1 1525–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
snapper /ˈsnæpə/ n ( pl -per, -pers)
  1. any large sharp-toothed percoid food fish of the family Lutjanidae of warm and tropical coastal regions
    See also red snapper
  2. a sparid food fish, Chrysophrys auratus, of Australia and New Zealand, that has a pinkish body covered with blue spots
  3. another name for snapping turtle
  4. a person or thing that snaps

Also called (for senses 1, 2): schnapper
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