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channel bass

[bas] .
–noun
red drum.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism

red drum

–noun Ichthyology.
a large, edible drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, living in waters off the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
Also called channel bass.


Origin:
1700–10, Americanism
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channel bass  
n.  See red drum.
red drum  
n.  A large food fish (Sciaenops ocellata) of the Atlantic coastal waters of North America. Also called channel bass.
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