DRUM-FISH
\dɹˈʌmfˈɪʃ], \dɹˈʌmfˈɪʃ], \d_ɹ_ˈʌ_m_f_ˈɪ_ʃ]\
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The popular name of a genus of fishes (Pogonias), some of the species of which occur off the coast of Georgia and Florida. They grow to a great size, some of them weighing above 100 lbs., and have their name from the extraordinary noise they are said to make under water. Called for the same reason GRUNTS.
By Daniel Lyons
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