bullhead catfish

bullhead catfish
noun
any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
Syn: ↑bullhead
Hypernyms: ↑catfish, ↑siluriform fish
Hyponyms: ↑horned pout, ↑hornpout, ↑pout, ↑Ameiurus Melas, ↑brown bullhead
Member Holonyms: ↑Ameiurus, ↑genus Ameiurus

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  • catfish — /kat fish /, n. pl. (esp. collectively) catfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) catfishes. 1. any of the numerous fishes of the order or suborder Nematognathi (or Siluroidei), characterized by barbels around the mouth and the… …   Universalium

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  • catfish — /ˈkætfɪʃ/ (say katfish) noun (plural catfish or catfishes) 1. in Australia, a fish of the species Tandanus tandanus, or any of various species of freshwater and marine fishes of the families Ariidae (fork tail catfish) or Plotosidae (eel tailed… …  

  • bullhead — noun /ˈbʌlˌhɛd/ a) any of a variety of related species of generally dark colored catfish in the family Ictaluridae. b) The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas. Syn: mudcat …   Wiktionary

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