Any of various animals which make a drumming noise, or perform an action that suggests drumming. Originally: the drum fish; = drum, n.1 6 (now rare…

Any of various perciform fish constituting the family Sciaenidae, which are capable of making a repetitive drumming or croaking noise by vibrating…

A large and much esteemed food fish, Archosargus or Diplodus probatocephalus (Sargus ovis), abundant on the coasts of the United States. Also…

U.S. Any of various drum fishes, esp. the freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens.

(a) the American bittern, also called pump-thunder; (b) the American fish Haplodinotus grunniens, also called freshwater drum, croaker, or sheepshead…