Noun snapper has 6 senses
  1. center, snapper - (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff"
    --1 is a kind of lineman
    Derived form: verb snap9
  2. snapper - flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
    --2 is a kind of
    saltwater fish
    --2 is a part of snapper; snapper, Chrysophrys auratus
    --2 has particulars: red snapper
  3. cracker, snapper, cracker bonbon - a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends
    --3 is a kind of party favor, party favour, favor, favour
    Derived form: verb snap10
  4. snapper, Chrysophrys auratus - Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots
    --4 is a kind of sparid, sparid fish
    --4 is a member of Chrysophrys, genus Chrysophrys
    --4 has parts: snapper
  5. snapper - any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters
    --5 is a kind of
    percoid fish, percoid, percoidean; food fish
    --5 is a member of Lutjanidae, family Lutjanidae
    --5 has part: snapper
    --5 has particulars:
     red snapper, Lutjanus blackfordi; gray snapper, mangrove snapper, Lutjanus griseus; mutton snapper, muttonfish, Lutjanus analis; schoolmaster, Lutjanus apodus; yellowtail, yellowtail snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus
  6. common snapping turtle, snapper, Chelydra serpentina - large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
    --6 is a kind of snapping turtle
    --6 is a member of Chelydra, genus Chelydra
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