RED SNAPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red snapper mean? 

• RED SNAPPER (noun)
  The noun RED SNAPPER has 2 senses:

1. highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico

2. an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico

  Familiarity information: RED SNAPPER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED SNAPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

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

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

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lutjanus blackfordi; red snapper

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "red snapper"):

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

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

genus Lutjanus; Lutjanus (type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers)

 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)