red snapper
noun
: any of various reddish fishes (as of the genera Lutjanus and Sebastes) including several food fishes
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The area’s many artificial reefs also attract larger fish like wahoo, red snapper, and grouper.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
Her American red snapper gets a smokey bacon vinaigrette infusion, and every check arrives with a realization.
—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
Patrons can pick up goat birria by the pound, red snapper tacos and seven choices of pupusas at this Mexican-Salvadoran restaurant.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
Larger dishes run the gamut from seafood rice with Maine lobster, saffron, and aioli to a classic bouillabaisse of monkfish, hake, tilefish, red snapper, and striped bass.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
Her American red snapper gets a smokey bacon vinaigrette infusion, and every check arrives with a realization.
—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
Patrons can pick up goat birria by the pound, red snapper tacos and seven choices of pupusas at this Mexican-Salvadoran restaurant.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
Larger dishes run the gamut from seafood rice with Maine lobster, saffron, and aioli to a classic bouillabaisse of monkfish, hake, tilefish, red snapper, and striped bass.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Red snapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20snapper. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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