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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 Mexicoplay

  Familiarity information: RED DRUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED DRUM (noun)


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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