Found 2 items, similar to Lutjanus Blackfordi.
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Definition: Lutjanus blackfordi
Lutjanus blackfordi
n : an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common
in the Atlantic coastal waters of North American and the
Gulf of Mexico [syn:
red snapper]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lutjanus Blackfordi
Snapper
\Snap"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of
trifles; the snapper of a whip.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large sparoid
food fishes of the genus
Lutjanus, abundant on the
southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of
tropical America.
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Note: The red snapper (
Lutjanus aya syn.
Lutjanus Blackfordi
) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper
(
Lutjanus griseus) are large and abundant species.
The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as
the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See
Rosefish.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
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5. (Zo["o]l.) A snap beetle.
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6. (Teleg.) A device with a flexible metal tongue for
producing clicks like those of the sounder.
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7. A string bean. [Colloq., U. S.]
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