[snap.per] n, pl snappers (ca. 1587) 1: one that snaps: as a: something (as a remark) that gives new orientation to a situation or utterance b (1): snapping turtle (2): click beetle
2. pl also snapper a: any of numerous active carnivorous fishes (family Lutjanidae) of warm seas important as food and often as sport fishes b: any of several immature fishes (as the young of the bluefish) that resemble a snapper