red snapper
noun
: any of various reddish fishes (as of the genera Lutjanus and Sebastes) including several food fishes
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During their journeys, the boats haul large quantities of red snapper—a commercially valuable but ecologically vulnerable species.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Head to Turners Beach Bar for a toes-in-the-sand feast of curried lobster and whole roasted red snapper, while Rachel's Bar, the shiny new joint on the island, will mix up a fiery rum punch.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
Lila Taqueria's pièce de resistance is a local red snapper, served in two butterflied halves with guajillo chile paste and coriander.
—Samantha Wood, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2024
Roach brought the plastic bag to his dining-room table and laid out containers of red snapper, red beans and rice, and plantains.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Head to Turners Beach Bar for a toes-in-the-sand feast of curried lobster and whole roasted red snapper, while Rachel's Bar, the shiny new joint on the island, will mix up a fiery rum punch.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
Lila Taqueria's pièce de resistance is a local red snapper, served in two butterflied halves with guajillo chile paste and coriander.
—Samantha Wood, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2024
Roach brought the plastic bag to his dining-room table and laid out containers of red snapper, red beans and rice, and plantains.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Red snapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20snapper. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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