red snapper

/rɛd ˌsnæpər/

/rɛd ˈsnæpə/

Other forms: red snappers

Definitions of red snapper

1. noun

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

   type of:

   snapper

   any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
2. noun

   highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico
   type of:

   snapper

   flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas