red snapper

noun

: any of various reddish fishes (as of the genera Lutjanus and Sebastes) including several food fishes

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Even taking a different route on your daily walk or ordering red snapper for the first time at your regular restaurant counts. Elizabeth Passarella, New York Times, 6 June 2025 Federal prosecutors reference a time in the summer of 2022 when Barfield became frustrated with the dolphins eating red snapper from the lines of his charter fishing clients. Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 28 May 2025 Shariff had just finished cooking up some seafood, an annual Easter tradition celebrated by the family, with Shariff making red snapper, Milicent told the Daily News. Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025 Creole Snapper At Favorites Bistro Bar in New London, Connecticut, the creole snapper showcases a whole red snapper marinated in house spices, served with black rice, seasonal greens, and sweet plantains. Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for red snapper

Word History

First Known Use

1755, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of red snapper was in 1755

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red snapper

noun
: any of several reddish sea fishes including some used for food or sport

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