mutton snapper

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   similar to and often marketed as `red snapper'

   SynonymsmuttonfishLutjanus analis

   Broadersnapper

Questions about mutton snapper

What does mutton snapper mean?

mutton snapper means "similar to and often marketed as `red snapper'".

What is another word for mutton snapper?

Close synonyms include muttonfish, Lutjanus analis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mutton snapper a common word?

mutton snapper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.