red snapper
noun
: any of various reddish fishes (as of the genera Lutjanus and Sebastes) including several food fishes
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Dishes like chorizo and sweet plantain empanadillas, pork belly salad with watermelon, mango, and Puerto Rican cheese, and fried whole red snapper with cilantro chimichurri honor the traditions and tastes of the tropical island.
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Ortiz was out fishing for red snapper that July day with Figured It Out Charters.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 3 Dec. 2025
Rossick Kern and her son Peter Lockley, a personal chef, recently co-hosted a small dinner party where the star of the show was a six-pound red snapper baked in a salt crust.
—Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
There are three times more red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico than in 2009.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Ortiz was out fishing for red snapper that July day with Figured It Out Charters.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 3 Dec. 2025
Rossick Kern and her son Peter Lockley, a personal chef, recently co-hosted a small dinner party where the star of the show was a six-pound red snapper baked in a salt crust.
—Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
There are three times more red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico than in 2009.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Red snapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20snapper. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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