A well-known fish of the Mesoprion tribe, highly valued as food in the West Indies and tropics generally.
·noun A snap beetle. II. Snapper ·add. ·noun A string bean. III. Snapper ·noun The green woodpecke...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
·noun One who affects repartee; a wit-cracker. ...
A diminutive fellow. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An effeminate young man; a trifler. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
A large fish of the Mesoprion genus, frequenting tropical seas, and prized in the Jamaica markets. (...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A tropical fish of the Mesoprion family, frequenting the deep-water banks of the West Indies. ...