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RED DRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red drum mean?
• RED DRUM (noun)
The noun RED DRUM has 1 sense:
1. large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
Familiarity information: RED DRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
channel bass; red drum; redfish; Sciaenops ocellatus
Hypernyms ("red drum" is a kind of...):
drum; drumfish (small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise)
Holonyms ("red drum" is a member of...):
genus Sciaenops; Sciaenops (a genus of Sciaenidae)
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