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.
Definition of red drum in US English:
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.