cubera snapper

noun

A commercially important species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean, Lutjanus cyanopterus.

Meanings

nouncubera snapper (plural cubera snappers)

plural cubera snappers

  1. A commercially important species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean, Lutjanus cyanopterus.

    Cubera snappers, whether Atlantic or Pacific, are the giants of the snapper family.

    2015, Tom Boyd, Salt Water's Greatest Gamefish
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