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Drumfish

Any fish of the family Sciaenidae, which makes a loud noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also drum.

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Mademoiselle 76% connected

A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss.

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Redfish 76% connected

The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b).

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Drum 92% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

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Bang verb · 78% connection

To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang…

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Beat verb · 78% connection

To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the ge…

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Bellows fish unknown · 78% connection

A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish,…

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Bladder noun · 78% connection

A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especiall…

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Blare noun · 78% connection

The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.

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Bluebottle noun · 78% connection

blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight

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Bubbler noun · 78% connection

A fish of the Ohio river; -- so called from the noise it makes.

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Bur fish unknown · 78% connection

A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distendin…

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Capstan noun · 78% connection

A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It…

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Clamorous adjective · 78% connection

Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulen…

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Croaker noun · 78% connection

An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum.

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Cyst noun · 78% connection

In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder.

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Cystic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.

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Din noun · 78% connection

Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.

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Drumbeat noun · 78% connection

The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.

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Drumming noun · 78% connection

The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wi…

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Exclamation noun · 78% connection

A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expres…

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Fish noun · 78% connection

the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people start…

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