different between amberjack vs snapper

English

Etymology

From amber (“yellow color”) + jack (“fish of family Carangidae”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æm.b?.d?æk/

Noun

amberjack (countable and uncountable, plural amberjacks)

1. Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
   • 1925, Zane Grey, Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas, 2000, page 111,

     It was an amberjack, and twice as large as any I had ever seen before. As I drew up the captain's snapper this amberjack came to the surface, and I certainly yelled.

   • 2006, Jerald Horst, Mike Lane, Angler's Guide to Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, page 223,

     Greater amberjacks have 11-19 gill rakers, a long anal fin base, 7 dorsal fin spines, and 30-34 dorsal fin rays.

Derived terms

• flat amberjack
• greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili)
• Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata)
• lesser amberjack (Seriola fasciata)
• yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi)

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• schnapper (fish)

Etymology

snap +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?snæp?/
• Rhymes: -æp?(?)

Noun

snapper (plural snappers)

1. One who, or that which, snaps.

   a snapper-up of bargains

   the snapper of a whip

2. Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.
   1. (Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.
   2. (US) Any of the family Lutjanidae of percoid fishes, especially the red snapper.
3. (Ireland, slang) A (human) baby.
   • 1990, Roddy Doyle, The Snapper.
4. (American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.
5. (US) Small, paper-wrapped item containing a minute quantity of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand, which explodes noisily when thrown onto a hard surface.
6. (slang) One who takes snaps; a photographer.
7. (US, informal) The snapping turtle.
8. The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
9. A snap beetle (family Elateridae).
10. (historical) A telegraphic device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.
11. (US, colloquial) A string bean.
12. (slang) The vulva.
    • 2004, Mary B. Morrison, Never Again Once More

      At thirty-nine, her snapper was snapping at practically every man that appeared halfway decent and had a pulse.
13. (slang, entertainment) A punchline.
    • 1976, Larry Wilde, How the Great Comedy Writers Create Laughter (page 101)

      I don't want a pause before the snapper.

    • 2011, Judy Kerr, Acting is Everything

      The end should always be a “snapper.” The punchline of a monologue is extremely important. Find a good one.

    • 2018, Michelle Ann Abate, Funny Girls (page 55)

      In fact, he began the comic by coming up with the final panel, which he called “the snapper,” and worked backward.

Hyponyms

• (Chrysophrys auratus): cockney (very young), red bream (adolescent), squire (pre-adult)

Derived terms

• black snapper (Sistrurus catenatus)
• pink snapper (Chrysophrys auratus)
• red snapper
• whippersnapper

References

Anagrams

• Nappers, nappers, parsnep, presnap