SNAPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snapper mean? 

• SNAPPER (noun)
  The noun SNAPPER has 6 senses:

1. (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

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

4. Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots

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

  Familiarity information: SNAPPER used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNAPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

center; snapper

Context example:

the center fumbled the handoff

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

lineman (one of the players on the line of scrimmage)

Domain category:

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

Derivation:

snap (put in play with a snap)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snapper"):

red snapper (highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico)

Holonyms ("snapper" is a part of...):

snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)

Chrysophrys auratus; snapper (Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cracker; cracker bonbon; snapper

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

favor; favour; party favor; party favour (souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party)

Derivation:

snap (cause to make a snapping sound)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chrysophrys auratus; snapper

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

sparid; sparid fish (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)

Meronyms (parts of "snapper"):

snapper (flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas)

Holonyms ("snapper" is a member of...):

Chrysophrys; genus Chrysophrys (Australian snapper)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

food fish (any fish used for food by human beings)

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Meronyms (parts of "snapper"):

snapper (flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snapper"):

Lutjanus blackfordi; red snapper (an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico)

gray snapper; grey snapper; Lutjanus griseus; mangrove snapper (found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida)

Lutjanus analis; mutton snapper; muttonfish (similar to and often marketed as 'red snapper')

Lutjanus apodus; schoolmaster (food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters)

Ocyurus chrysurus; yellowtail; yellowtail snapper (superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail)

Holonyms ("snapper" is a member of...):

family Lutjanidae; Lutjanidae (snappers)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chelydra serpentina; common snapping turtle; snapper

Hypernyms ("snapper" is a kind of...):

snapping turtle (large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws)

Holonyms ("snapper" is a member of...):

Chelydra; genus Chelydra (snapping turtles)

 Context examples 

Manganese is found in nuts, legumes, seeds, tea, whole grains and leafy green vegetables while selenium can be found in fish like tuna, cod, red snapper and herring and also in beef, poultry, grains and nuts.

(Micronutrients can counter lead effects in blood pressure, SciDev.Net)