drumfish

American

[druhm-fish] / ˈdrʌmˌfɪʃ /

noun

plural

drumfish,

plural

drumfishes

drum.

drumfish British

/ ˈdrʌmˌfɪʃ /

noun

another name for drum 1

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Etymology

Origin of drumfish

First recorded in 1675–85; drum ¹ + fish

Example Sentences

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At Quebrada Jaguay, a dry streambed on the nation’s southern coast that was one of the two sites described in Science, they dug up wedge clams and chased schools of six-inch drumfish with nets.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Dinner is all ready, and we sit down to a right royal entertainment, the chief dishes of which are portions of an immense drumfish cooked in various fashion.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

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