MUD SNAPPER

Domain	Definition
Mining	An 11-in-long (28-cm-long), 3-lb (1.4-kg) clamshell-type snapper attached to the bottom of a sounding lead by means of a hole drilled in the lead. The jaws are cast bronze and are actuated by a spring. The jaws are held open by engaging two trigger pins within the jaws. The mud snapper and sounding lead may be operated in shallow water by hand lowering or bylowering from a bathythermograph or oceanographic winch. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: MUD SNAPPER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-m-n-p-p-r-s-u"
	-2 letters: duramens, maunders, superman, surnamed, undrapes, unmapped.
	-3 letters: appends, asunder, damners, dampens, dampers, danseur, dumpers, duramen, manured, manures, mappers, maunder, medusan, nappers, pampers, panders, paupers, pneumas, preamps, pumpers, remands, remudas, repumps, snapped, snapper, spurned, surname, unarmed, undrape.
	-4 letters: amends, amused, amuser, append, arpens, damner, dampen, damper, dapper, demurs, denars, dermas, desman, drapes, dreams, drupes.
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