Ameiurus

noun

type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes

• Syn: ↑genus Ameiurus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ameiuridae, ↑family Ameiuridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑bullhead, ↑bullhead catfish

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\\ˌaˌmīˈyu̇rəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from a- (II) + Greek meiouros tapering (used of a fish's snout), alteration (influenced by meioun to diminish) of myouros, literally, mouse-tailed, from mys mouse + -ouros (from oura tail)

: a genus of freshwater catfishes comprising the No. American bullheads