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n. - Large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; Any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters;

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  • If snapper is too pricey, I just buy whatever firm fleshed white fish is more reasonable.
  • Macroclemys, the alligator snapper, is altogether different from Chelydra in terms of what it does and what it can do.
  • Pan cooking a thin filet like this little red snapper is the way to go, and there are a few cooking suggestions near the end.
  • Then the boy on one end, called the snapper, would stop and pull the others around in a big curve.
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