snapper
snap.per \'snap-*r\ n or snappers also snapper pl 1a: something that snaps 1b1: SNAPPING TURTLE 1b2: CLICK BEETLE pl also 2a: any of numerous active carnivorous fishes (family Lutjanidae) of warm s eas important as food and often as sport fishes 2b: any of several immature fishes (as the young of the bluefish) that rese mble a snapper