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Drum

Druhm

/ˈdrʌm/

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drum

Dictionary meaning

Small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise.

Examples

  • They could hear the drums before they heard the fifes.
  • Rain drummed against the windshield.

Synonyms: drumfish

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