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red snapper definition

☆ red snapper

  1. a reddish, edible, deep-water snapper fish (Lutjanus campechanus) of the Gulf of Mexico and W Atlantic
  2. any of several other reddish fishes, as a rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) of the E Pacific

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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