Definition of "red snapper" []

• Any of several marine food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, of tropical and semitropical waters, having red or reddish bodies. (noun)

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• "At liberty, midshipmen might converse with a pretty young lady at Pensacola’s San Carlos Hotel or take her for a dinner at the Harbor View Restaurant, where red snapper was accompanied by the young aviator’s new favorite drink, Ballantine India Ale."