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Word: Schnapper
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 19th century; earliest use found in McCrae's Evidence before Commissioner Bigge. Alteration of snapper after German schnappen snap
Definition:
A pinkish silver fish of warm temperate coastal seas in the western Pacific, Pagrus auratus (family Sparidae), caught for food especially in southern Australia and New Zealand.
Variant Forms:
- shnapper
