noun
found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida
• Syn: ↑grey snapper, ↑mangrove snapper, ↑Lutjanus griseus
• Hypernyms: ↑snapper
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lutjanus, ↑genus Lutjanus
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noun : a long-bodied typically grayish snapper (Lutjanus griseus) that is a valuable food fish and widely distributed in the tropical western Atlantic
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a snapper, Lutjanus griseus, of shallow waters off the coast of Florida, having a grayish-green body with a brown spot on each scale. Also called mangrove snapper.
[1765-75, Amer.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.