red drum
noun
A bronze-coloured drum fish, Sciaenops ocellatus, found in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and having a black spot or spots near the caudal fin.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in John Lawson (d. 1711), surveyor.
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