mutton-snapper

mutton snapper

noun
a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.

Origin:
1865–70

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mutton snapper

noun
similar to and often marketed as 'red snapper'; 
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