Memidex - snapper (percoid fish)
Definition:
any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
Class:
animal noun
Plurals:
snapper* | snappers
(* snapper may be used in a singular or plural context)
Type of:
percoid fish » spiny-finned fish » teleost fish » bony fish » fish » aquatic vertebrate » vertebrate » chordate » animal » organism » living thing
Type of:
food fish » fish » aquatic vertebrate » vertebrate » chordate » animal » organism » living thing
Member of:
Lutjanidae » Perciformes » Acanthopterygii » Teleostei » Osteichthyes » Vertebrata » Chordata » Animalia
Original source:
Examples:
gray snapper | mutton snapper | red snapper | schoolmaster | snapper | yellowtail
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