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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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drumfish
Word definitions for drumfish in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drumfish \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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any fish of the family Sciaenidae; they make a loud noise by means of an air bladder.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise [syn: drum ] [also: drumfishes (pl)]
Usage examples of drumfish.
Brandenburg Concertos for my ear, but I am open to wonder whether the same events are recalled by the rhythms of insects, the long, pulsing runs of birdsong, the descants of whales, the modulated vibrations of a million locusts in migration, the tympani of gorilla breasts, termite heads, drumfish bladders.