drumfish

[ druhm-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) drum·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) drum·fish·es.

1. drum ¹( def 11 ).

drumfish

/ ˈdrʌmˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. another name for drum 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of drumfish¹

First recorded in 1675–85; drum ¹ + fish

Example Sentences

In one day, the improvised Rozzo shop sold 100 pounds of drumfish from the Gulf of Mexico, which doesn’t often swim as far north as Chelsea.

From New York Times

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 Literature

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 Project Gutenberg