About The Word Drumfish
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Drumfish
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What's The Definition Of Drumfish?
[n] small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
Synonyms | Synonyms for Drumfish: drum Related Terms | Find terms related to Drumfish: See Also | Bairdiella chrysoura | channel bass | Equetus lanceolatus | Equetus pulcher | jackknife-fish | mademoiselle | red drum | redfish | sciaenid | sciaenid fish | Sciaenops ocellatus | silver perch | striped drum Drumfish In Webster's Dictionary \Drum"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any fish of the family {Sci[ae]nid[ae]}, which makes a loud
noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also {drum}.
Note: The common drumfish ({Pogonias chromis}) is a large
species, common south of New Jersey. The southern red
drum or red horse ({Sci[ae]na ocellata}), and the
fresh-water drum or croaker ({Aplodionotus grunniens}),
are related species.
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