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noun
Any fish of the family Sciaenidae; they make a loud noise by means of an air bladder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: drum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sciaenid fish, sciaenid
Narrower terms: striped drum, Equetus pulcher, jackknife-fish, Equetus lanceolatus, silver perch, mademoiselle, Bairdiella chrysoura, red drum, channel bass, redfish, Sciaenops ocellatus
History
From drum + fish.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
