noun
large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
• Syn: ↑channel bass, ↑redfish, ↑Sciaenops ocellatus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sciaenops, ↑genus Sciaenops
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Ichthyol.
a large, edible drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, living in waters off the Atlantic coast of the U.S. Also called channel bass.
[1700-10, Amer.]
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red drum or red drumfish,
a large drumfish of the Atlantic Coast of North America.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.