red drum

/rɛd drəm/
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Other forms: red drums

Definitions of red drum
  1. noun
    large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
    synonyms: Sciaenops ocellatus, channel bass, redfish
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    type of:
    drum, drumfish
    small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
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